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Uprooting community : Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chew, Selfa A., 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Japanese > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Japanese > Mexico > Ethnic identity.
Japanese > Mexico > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Mexico.
Mexico > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Relations > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Relations > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:x, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816531851 (cloth : alk. paper)
0816531854 (cloth : alk. paper)