Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps / Eric L. Muller.
| Author/creator |
Muller, Eric L. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023] |
| Description | xix, 283 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction: the WRA and Japanese America -- Book One: Jerry Housel at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Late October 1942 -- November 1942 -- February 1943 -- March 1943 -- May-June 1943 -- Book Two: Ted Haas and Thomas Masuda at Poston in Arizona. Late August 1942 -- November 1942 -- February 1943 -- June 1943 -- July 1943 -- Book Three: James Hendrick Terry at Gila River in Arizona. December 1942 -- Late January 1943 -- Late February 1943 -- May 1943 -- December 1943. |
| Abstract | "In the Japanese American relocation camps of World War II, internees could, on any given day, be both clients and victims of their assigned War Relocation Authority lawyers. The morally ambiguous remit of these attorneys was wide and often contradictory, including overseeing the day-to-day administration of the camps, settling internal disputes between inmates, managing conflict between detainees and their government captors, and providing legal representation for prisoners outside of the camps. In re-creating the daily lives of these WRA attorneys, Eric L. Muller, a leading expert on Japanese American relocation and internment during World War II, seeks to capture historical subjects as three-dimensional, flawed human beings"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781469673998 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022042584 |
| ISBN | 9781469673974 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1469673975 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | D769.8 .A6 M86 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |