Bernice Archer's comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East, combines a wide variety of conventional and unconventional source material. This includes contemporary War, Foreign and Colonial Office papers, diaries, letters, camp newspapers and artefacts, post-war medical, engineering and educational reports, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and over fifty oral interviews with ex-internees. Using contemporary personal accounts, the shock of the Japanese victories and the devastating experience of capture are highlighted. This book also covers wider issues such as the role of women in war, gender and war, children and war, colonial culture, oral history, and war and memory.
| ISBN: | 9780415655279 |
| Publication date: | 14th February 2014 |
| Author: | Bernice Archer |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
| Genres: |
Armed conflict Cultural studies Anthropology Regional / International studies History |
Bernice Archer's comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East, combines a wide variety of conventional and unconventional source material. This includes contemporary War, Foreign and Colonial Office papers, diaries, letters, camp newspapers and artefacts, post-war medical, engineering and educational reports, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and over fifty oral interviews with ex-internees. Using contemporary personal accounts, the shock of the Japanese victories and the devastating experience of capture are highlighted. This book also covers wider issues such as the role of women in war, gender and war, children and war, colonial culture, oral history, and war and memory.
The Internment of Western Civilians Under the Japanese 1941-1945 features in the following genres: Armed conflict, Cultural studies, Anthropology, Regional / International studies, History
The Internment of Western Civilians Under the Japanese 1941-1945 is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Internment of Western Civilians Under the Japanese 1941-1945 was written by Bernice Archer and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Internment of Western Civilians Under the Japanese 1941-1945 has 304 pages
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