Nature Behind Barbed Wire An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration
Nature Behind Barbed Wire An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration
- ISBN 13:
9780190842062
- ISBN 10:
0190842067
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 09/04/2018
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Newer Edition
Click the link below to purchase this eBook from our trusted partner, eCampus.com.
List Price $78.93 Save $0.78
Usually Ships in 3-5 Business Days
We Buy This Book Back!
Free Shipping On Every Order
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time
Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.
Summary
Nature Behind Barbed Wire shifts the focus to the environment. It explores how the landscape shaped the experiences of both Japanese Americans and federal officials who worked for the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the civilian agency that administered the camps. The complexities of the natural world both enhanced and constrained the WRA's power and provided Japanese Americans with opportunities to redefine the terms and conditions of their confinement. Even as the environment compounded their feelings of despair and outrage, the incarcerees also found that their agency in transforming and adapting to the natural world could help them survive and contest their incarceration. Japanese Americans and WRA officials negotiated the terms of confinement with each other and with a dynamic natural world.
Ultimately, as Connie Chiang demonstrates, the Japanese American incarceration was fundamentally an environmental story.