Camp Harmony

Klappentext Presents a portrait of a single assembly center - located at the Western Washington fairgrounds at Puyallup! outside Seattle - that held Japanese Americans for four months prior to their transfer to a relocation center during World War II. This book reconstructs the events leading up to the incarceration as they unfolded on a local level. Zusammenfassung A detailed portrait of one assembly center for Japanese American internees Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword by Roger Daniels; Acknowledgments; Introduction1; Chapter 1. Prewar Japantown; Chapter 2. War Comes to Japantown; Chapter 3. Preparing for Exile; Chapter 4. Puyallup Assembly Center; Chapter 5. Exile; Chapter 6. Settling In; Chapter 7. Early Departures and a New Community; Chapter 8. Dissension; Chapter 9. Leaving Camp Harmony; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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A detailed portrait of one assembly center for Japanese American internees

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A detailed portrait of one assembly center for Japanese American internees

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List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword by Roger Daniels; Acknowledgments; Introduction1; Chapter 1. Prewar Japantown; Chapter 2. War Comes to Japantown; Chapter 3. Preparing for Exile; Chapter 4. Puyallup Assembly Center; Chapter 5. Exile; Chapter 6. Settling In; Chapter 7. Early Departures and a New Community; Chapter 8. Dissension; Chapter 9. Leaving Camp Harmony; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index