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Book SynopsisIlluminates various aspects of a central but unexplored area of American history: the midcentury Japanese American experience. This title includes case studies that focus on various developments relating to Japanese Americans in the aftermath of their wartime confinement, including resettlement nationwide.
Trade Review"Far ranging, full of information and wonderful reading." International Examiner "After Camp is a record of a unique time, place and situation, but its reach is universal." Japan Times "Essential... A laudable intervention into the histories of Asian America, race, politics, and law in the mid-twentieth century." -- Ellen D. Wu, Indiana University Jrnl Of American History "[An] important contribution... The first in-depth look at [the postwar period of resettlement and renewal of Japanese American communities]." -- Esther Newman Discover Nikkei "Rigor, breadth, and depth." "Timely and thought-provoking." -- Nancy Kang Jornal of Asian American Studies
