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category: Social Science
published: Mar 2008
ISBN:9780774814157
publisher: UBC Press

Voices Raised in Protest

Defending North American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry, 1942-49

by Stephanie Bangarth

tagged: post-confederation (1867-), emigration & immigration, social history, 20th century, world war ii, civil rights, discrimination & race relations
Description

In this timely book, Stephanie Bangarth studies the efforts and discourse of anti-internment advocates, and discusses the various cases they brought before the courts, as well as the arguements Japanese Canadians raised in their own defence. These critiques of the governement's removal and deportation policies were seminal examples of a growing general interest in civil rights, and would provide a foundation for rights activism in subsequent years. This book offers valuable perspective for today’s debates over ethnic and racial profiling, treatment of "enemy combatants," and tensions between civil-liberty and security imperatives.

About the Author

Stephanie Bangarth

Stephanie Bangarth is associate professor of history at King’s University College at Western University.

Contributor Notes

Stephanie Bangarth is an assistant professor of history at King’s University College at The University of Western Ontario.

Editorial Review

The greatest significance of Bangarth’s book is that is compares and contrasts the evacuation, internment, and relocation of the Nikkei in the US and Canada. […] This thoroughly researched book draws from a wide range of sources that all illustrate the various ways in which observers and participants protested and defended the evacuation and relocation of the Nikkei. […] Overall, a useful addition to internment historiography.

— Choice, Vol.46, No.02
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