From Concentration Camp to Campus
Japanese American Students and World War II
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:14th May '07
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Exploring racism and multiculturalism in WWII-era Japanese American student resettlement
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 than 600 schools during WWII.
Austin argues that the resettled students transformed the attempts at assimilation to create their own meanings and suit their own purposes, and succeeded in reintegrating themselves into the wider American society without sacrificing their connections to community and their Japanese cultural heritage.
"[From Concentration Camp to Campus] offers an extraordinarily detailed look at how the [National Japanese American Student Relocation Council] was formed, the internal battles fought by its members, the relationship of the council to both government officials and college administrators, and the process the council employed to select--and often find funding for--Japanese American students."--Journal of American History
"Austin is to be commended for his careful analysis of the Council's and the American Friend Service Committee's records and his superb blending of institutional history with personal accounts by students, all of which cover aspects of the student resettlement not found in previous works."--American Historical Review
"Through an effective blend of scholarly research and personal stories, and not only tracing what happened but why, what could have been a dry history becomes a fascinating study with great relevance."--Multicultural Review
ISBN: 9780252074493
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
Weight: 399g
256 pages