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A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America
Paper, 408 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12923-7
$22.50
/ £15.50
June, 2009
Cloth, 408 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12922-0
$29.95
/ £19.95
"Robinson deftly merges the Pacific Rim experience into one coherent magnum opus." — Wayne Maeda, Nichi Bei Times
"A superb history about one of the more shameful chapters in U.S. history." — Jeff Kingston, The Japan Times
"[A] memorable . . . revealing book." — Jonathan Mirsky, Times Literary Supplement
"Robinson has clearly mastered his subject, and this book provides a clear, comprehensive account, including facts both well known and obscure. . . . Highly recommended." — Choice
"tour de force" — Nichi Bei Times
"A superb history about one of the more shameful chapters in U.S. history." — Jonathan Mirsky, Times Literary Supplement
"Robinson has clearly mastered his subject, and this book provides a clear, comprehensive account, including facts both well known and obscure. . . . Highly recommended." — Choice Magazine
"A Tragedy of Democracy serves as a timely reminder of how badly things can get out of control in times of war." — Rachel Pistol, Reviews in History
"A magnificent tour de force. This book will achieve the status not only of the best extant study on the topic, but also the one most widely adopted in college classrooms and purchased by the general public." — Arthur Hansen, director of the Japanese American Evacuation History Project
"This book is outstanding. While the experience of Japanese Americans during World War II is the subject of more publications than any other aspect of Asian American history, this volume is likely to become established, quickly and rightly so, as the definitive account. Other scholars have done excellent work, but Greg Robinson's study is original and comprehensive. He uses archival materials that have never been analyzed before and the scope of his work extends beyond the United States to Canada and Latin America and covers everything from the earliest migrants to arrive from Japan to the successful redress movement. Even readers who are experts will benefit from consulting this book. It is excellent." — Frank Wu, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
"A magnificent tour de force. This book will achieve the status not only of the best extant study on the topic, but also the one most widely adopted in college classrooms and purchased by the general public." — Arthur Hansen, director of the Japanese American Evacuation History Project
"This book is outstanding. While the experience of Japanese Americans during World War II is the subject of more publications than any other aspect of Asian American history, this volume is likely to become established, quickly and rightly so, as the definitive account. Other scholars have done excellent work, but Greg Robinson's study is original and comprehensive. He uses archival materials that have never been analyzed before and the scope of his work extends beyond the United States to Canada and Latin America and covers everything from the earliest migrants to arrive from Japan to the successful redress movement. Even readers who are experts will benefit from consulting this book. It is excellent." — Frank Wu, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White