From Concentration Camp to Campus: Japanese American Students and World War II

by Allan W. Austin

Book Overview

In the aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the systematic exile and incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was born. Created to facilitate the movement of Japanese American college students from concentration camps to colleges away from the West Coast, this privately organized and funded agency helped more than 4,000 incarcerated students pursue higher education at more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025202933X
• ISBN13: 9780252029332
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"