Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands /
First Statement of Responsibility
Selfa A. Chew.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Tucson :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The University of Arizona Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 236 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Gendered criminalization -- The formation of Japanese Mexican communities in the Mexico/United States borderlands before World War II -- World War II and hemispheric defense impacting border communities -- Citizenship revoked and the realities of displacement during World War II -- The road to concentration camps : Villa Aldama and Batán -- Attempts to challenge or postpone displacement -- Temixco concentration camp -- A transnational family : life in Crystal City Camp -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Uprooting Community examines the political cross-currents that resulted in detention of Japanese Mexicans during World War II. Selfa A. Chew reveals how the entire multiethnic social fabric of the borderlands was reconfigured by the absence of Japanese Mexicans"--Provided by publisher.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Japanese-- Mexico-- Ethnic identity.
Japanese-- Mexico-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.