Traumatic Pasts

Traumatic Pasts

Author: Mark S. Micale

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-09-04

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0521583659

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The essays in this book trace the origins of ongoing heated debates regarding trauma.


Prejudice, War, and the Constitution

Prejudice, War, and the Constitution

Author: Jacobus tenBroek

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1954

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780520012622

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During World War II, 110,000 citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were banished from their homes and confined behind barbed wire for two and a half years. This comprehensive work surveys the historical origins, political characteristics, and legal consequences of that calamitous episode. The authors describe the myths and suspicions about Orientals on the West Coast and trace the influence of racial bigotry in the evacuation and in the court cases growing out of it. A theory is advanced to account for the administrative and legal decisions which initiated and concluded this calamity. Finally, the authors analyze the principal constitutional issues involved in the evacuation and their implications for the future.