The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945: A patchwork of internment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780714655925)

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.

Author: Bernice Archer
ISBN-10: 0714655929
ISBN-13: 9780714655925
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2004
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.87d