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Altered Lives, Enduring Community
By Stephen S. Fugita and Marilyn Fernandez |
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Fugita and Fernandez show how prewar social and economic networks and the specific characteristics of the incarceration experience affected Japanese Americans' postwar readjustment. Topics explored include the effects of incarceration and resettlement on social relationships and community structure, educational and occupational trajectories, marriage and childbearing, and military service and draft resistance. The consequences of initial resettlement location and religious orientation are also examined. Throughout, the role of the Japanese American community in the prewar and postwar periods provides an interpretive backdrop.
Book Description from Back Cover
Altered Lives, Enduring Community examines the long-term effects on Japanese Americans of their World War II experiences: forced removal from their Pacific Coast homes, incarceration in desolate government camps, and ultimate resettlement. The authors use data from the first-ever, representative survey of a community of Japanese Americans who were imprisoned during World War II, conducted as part of Seattle's Densho: Japanese American Legacy Project. Their often poignant account presents the contemporary, post-redress perspectives of former incarcerees and reveals the incarceration's consequences for their lives.
Comments from Back Cover
"A significant contribution to understanding the neduring meaning of the World War II Japanese American exclusion and detention experience to those who lived (and continue to relive) it."
- Arthur A. Hansen, senior historian, Life History Program, Japanese American National Museum
Background on the Authors
Stephen S. Fugita is distinguished professor of psychology and ethnic studies, Santa Clara University, and coauthor of Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community. Marilyn Fernandez is associate professor and chair of sociology, Santa Clara University.
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