Excerpt from The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration

Abstract

The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration reexamines the history of imprisonment of U.S. and Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Karen M. Inouye explores how historical events can linger in individual and collective memory and then crystallize in powerful moments of political engagement.

Keywords

• japanese american incarceration
• transnational american studies