INSIDE AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS: Two Centuries Of Internment And Torture

Dickerson, James L.

ISBN 10: 155652806X / ISBN 13: 9781556528064

Published by Chicago IL. 2010. Lawrence Hill Books / Chicago Review Press, 2010

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black 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. library discard copy in vg cond. library markings removed. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. front flyleaf has two erasure spots & small black dot. rear flyleaf has white RFD patch, otherwise contents free of markings. text clean & free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no names, inking, underlining or remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xi+308p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. american history. american indian history. trail of tears. world war ii. manzanar. guantanamo bay. ~ Xenophobia and racism have long challenged democracy, a battle played out dramatically in the concentration camps that were built, staffed, and filled with adults and children under the orders of the U.S. government. The camps first appeared in the nineteenth century with the imprisonment of Native Americans, then returned during World War II with the roundup of Japanese Americans, German Americans, Italian Americans, and Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. The issue resurfaced during the Bush administration with the construction of twenty~two new concentration camps and secret plans to build up to eight hundred additional facilities. In Inside America's Concentration Camps, author James L. Dickerson explores the history and the tragedy of the camps in a vivid narrative that brings the stories of the victims to life and the flaws of our government into focus. Rebecca Neugin, Doris Berg, Marino Sichi, Aiko Yoshinaga~these are some of the children and adults whose stories are found here, along with accounts of children of Japanese heritage moved from orphanages into the camps. To fight the erosion of democracy, Americans must remain aware of threats to our ideals and come to terms with our past. Inside America's Concentration Camps is an authoritative history, a heartbreaking and inspirational story of survival, and a call to action for those Americans who want to take their country back to its glory days as a fearless defender of individual freedom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: INSIDE AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS: Two Centuries Of Internment And Torture
• Publisher: Chicago IL. 2010. Lawrence Hill Books / Chicago Review Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155652806X
• ISBN 13: 9781556528064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • american indian history
  • american history
  • world war ii

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Synopsis

Xenophobia, paranoia, and racism have long challenged democracy, a battle played out dramatically in the concentration camps that were built, staffed, and filled with adults and children under the orders of the U.S. government. Beginning in the nineteenth century with the imprisonment of Native Americans, camps reappeared during World War II with the roundup of Japanese Americans, German Americans, Italian Americans, and Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. They resurfaced recently when Homeland Security awarded a major contract to a subsidiary of Halliburton for the construction of new camps.

            In Inside America's Concentration Camps, author James L. Dickerson explores the history and the tragedy of the camps in a vivid narrative that brings the stories of the victims and the flaws of our government to life. Rebecca Neugin, Eleanor Berg, Roy Abbey, Marino Sichi, Louise Ogawa—these are some of the children and adults whose stories are found here, along with accounts of the U.S. government yanking children out of orphanages to imprison them in the camps.

            To fight the erosion of democracy, Americans must remain aware of threats to our democratic ideals and understand where we have been. Inside America's Concentration Camps is an authoritative history, a heartbreaking and inspirational story of survival, and a call to action. 

About the Author

James L. Dickerson is an investigative journalist and the author of Devil’s Sanctuary, North to Canada, and Yellow Fever. He was a staff writer at the Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News, the Commercial Appeal, the Delta Democrat-Times, the Greenwood Commonwealth, and the Tallahassee Democrat.