Social Science Discrimination & Race Relations
Voices Raised in Protest
Defending North American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry, 1942-49
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2008
- Category
- Discrimination & Race Relations, World War II, Post-Confederation (1867-), Emigration & Immigration, Social History, 20th Century, Civil Rights
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774858243
- Publish Date
- Jul 2008
- List Price
- $99.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774814164
- Publish Date
- Jul 2008
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774814157
- Publish Date
- Mar 2008
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
In this timely book, Stephanie Bangarth studies the efforts and discourse of anti-internment advocates, and discusses the various cases they brought before the courts, as well as the arguements Japanese Canadians raised in their own defence. These critiques of the governement's removal and deportation policies were seminal examples of a growing general interest in civil rights, and would provide a foundation for rights activism in subsequent years. This book offers valuable perspective for today’s debates over ethnic and racial profiling, treatment of "enemy combatants," and tensions between civil-liberty and security imperatives.
About the author
Stephanie Bangarth is associate professor of history at King’s University College at Western University.
Editorial Reviews
The greatest significance of Bangarth’s book is that is compares and contrasts the evacuation, internment, and relocation of the Nikkei in the US and Canada. […] This thoroughly researched book draws from a wide range of sources that all illustrate the various ways in which observers and participants protested and defended the evacuation and relocation of the Nikkei. […] Overall, a useful addition to internment historiography.
Choice, Vol.46, No.02
Librarian Reviews
Voices Raised in Protest: Defending North American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry, 1942–49
This book offers a well-documented account of the enforced incarceration, relocation and deportation of persons of Japanese ancestry in both Canada and the US. Issues of racism and of anti-internment advocacy are presented. In a comparative approach, the policies of both Canadian and US governments and the attitudes and actions of non-Japanese citizens are assessed and critiqued. Legal battles both during and after WWII are discussed. Protests and the developing human rights movement are chronicled. The issues also relate to current concerns about national security, civil liberties and human rights.Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2008-2009.
