Impounded People : Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers / / Edward H. Spicer, Asael T. Hansen, Katherine Luomala, Marvin K. Opler.

• VerfasserIn: Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983,; Opler, Marvin K. 1914-1981,; Luomala, Katherine,; Hansen, Asael T.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Opler, Marvin K. 1914-1981,; Luomala, Katherine,; Hansen, Asael T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Tucson, Arizona : : University of Arizona Press,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource viii, 342 pages) :; illustrations, maps, plans.
• Notes: "Written in 1946 as one of the final reports of ... the War Relocation Authority."

This important final report of the War Relocation Authority, written in 1946 and now released in book form with a comprehensive introduction by Edward H. Spicer, describes the growth and changes in the community life and how attitudes of Japanese-American relocatees and WRA administrators evolved, adjusted, and affected one another on political, social, and psychological levels.

Table of Contents

Prologue. The process of scapegoating ; A west coast dilemma ; The evacuated people -- Moving in. Impact of the relocation centers ; The administrative staff ; Evacuee and caucasian ; Work and wages ; A world of rumor ; The blocks: foundations of community life ; Community cross currents ; The outside ; Crises -- Being sorted. Registration-a new crisis ; An emerging framework of community life ; The sorting ; Fruits of segregation -- Settling down. Programs-government and evacuee ; Evacuee orientations ; Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations ; The center way of life ; Tule Lake ; Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement -- Getting out. Holding the centers ; The stake in America ; Disintegration of the centers ; Confusion at Tule Lake -- Epilogue. The journey continued ; The journey back ; Discontinuities and continuities.