Japanese Prison Labor Practices
Title | Japanese Prison Labor Practices PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Prison Conditions in Japan
Title | Prison Conditions in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Joanna Weschler |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781564321466 |
Describes five theories of substance abuse treatment and details how to translate each theory into actual practice. Material on 12-step, psychodynamic, behavioral, marital/family, and motivational approaches incorporates case examples, discussion of advantages and disadvantages of each approach, and treatment techniques. Includes a chapter on emerging pharmacological approaches. For advanced students in psychology, social work, and medicine, and for substance abuse counselors in training. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Japanese American Incarceration
Title | Japanese American Incarceration PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie D. Hinnershitz |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2021-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812299957 |
Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from their labor. Japanese American Incarceration recasts the forced removal and incarceration of approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II as a history of prison labor and exploitation. Following Franklin Roosevelt's 1942 Executive Order 9066, which called for the exclusion of potentially dangerous groups from military zones along the West Coast, the federal government placed Japanese Americans in makeshift prisons throughout the country. In addition to working on day-to-day operations of the camps, Japanese Americans were coerced into harvesting crops, digging irrigation ditches, paving roads, and building barracks for little to no compensation and often at the behest of privately run businesses—all in the name of national security. How did the U.S. government use incarceration to address labor demands during World War II, and how did imprisoned Japanese Americans respond to the stripping of not only their civil rights, but their labor rights as well? Using a variety of archives and collected oral histories, Japanese American Incarceration uncovers the startling answers to these questions. Stephanie Hinnershitz's timely study connects the government's exploitation of imprisoned Japanese Americans to the history of prison labor in the United States.
Prisoners of the Empire
Title | Prisoners of the Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Kovner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 067473761X |
Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sarah Kovner shows poorly trained guards and rogue commanders inflicted the most horrific damage. Camps close to centers of imperial power tended to be less violent, and many POWs died from friendly fire.
International Practices and Agreements Concerning Compulsory Labor and U.S. Imports of Goods Manufactured by Convict, Forced, Or Indentured Labor
Title | International Practices and Agreements Concerning Compulsory Labor and U.S. Imports of Goods Manufactured by Convict, Forced, Or Indentured Labor PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Convict labor |
ISBN |
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1450 |
Release | |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
True Crime Japan
Title | True Crime Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Murphy |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2016-08-02 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1462918972 |
"This is a book I wish I'd written. It's brilliantly researched, full of detail and illuminating…" --Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Ice Uncover the shocking world of the Japanese courtroom. In a country where nearly all defendants plead guilty, the interesting part is what happens between the plea and the sentencing. In True Crime Japan, journalist and longtime resident of Japan Paul Murphy delves into a year's worth of criminal court cases in Matsumoto, a city located 140 miles to the west of Tokyo. The nine defendants in these cases range from ruthless mobsters to average citizens with a variety of methods and motives. Using court documents and interviews, Murphy makes a point of including the perspectives of the defendants, as well as those of their families, neighbors, and lawyers. He explores not only the motives of offenders but the culture of crime and punishment in Japan. The nine cases include: "Late in Life" -- A wealthy octogenarian is put in jail for stealing fried chicken "Mama's Boys" -- A disbelieving family unveils their son's role as a yakuza gangster. "Mother Killers" -- A middle-aged carpenter beats his 91-year old mother to death and goes to work the following day, leaving the body for his wife to find. True Crime Japan provides an unusual lens through which to view Japanese society and its emphasis on honor, shame, and conformity. Murphy's in-depth analysis of the court system reveals Japan to be, perhaps surprisingly, a land of true individuals.