Introduction -- 1. The economics of incarceration and the blueprint for Japanese American labor -- 2. "What good was my contract?" : from free to convict laborers -- 3. "Worse than prisoners" : labor resistance in the detention centers and prison camps -- 4. A prison by any other name : labor and the Poston "Colony" -- 5. Redemptive labor : Japanese American resettlement -- Conclusion
Summary
"Japanese American Incarceration argues that the incarceration of Japanese Americans created a massive system of prison labor that blurred the lines between free and forced work during World War II"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis
Asian American history
Coerced labor
Internment camps
Japanese American Resettlement
Japanese internment during WWII
Labor history
Poston Colony
Public policy
War Relocation Authority
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Stephanie D. Hinnershitz is a historian and author
