MUTUAL HOSTAGES Canadians and Japanese During the Second World War

University of Toronto Press. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802057748 . Ex-library with usual library markings - light edgewear, a little moreso to corners which are partially bare on bottom, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior - several pages were seen with some pencil underlining and occasional creasing. Pages are otherwise clean. There is a paper split at spine inside back cover but nothing is loose. 281 pages. B/w illus. Drawing on Canadian archival material, and what remains in Japanese archives, this volume chronicles the parallels between Canadian soldiers who became prisoners of war in Japan during the Second World War, and the internment of Japanese Canadians in Canada's west, who were deemed a intelligence threat to the homefront. Contents: 1. The Imin and Canadians, 2. The Approach of War in the Pacific, 3. Beyond the Help of Their Government: Canadians in Hong Kong, Japan, and Japanese-Occupied Territories, 4. The Decision to Evacuate, 5. In Temporary Quarters, 6. 'No Japanese from the Rockies to the Sea': The Dispersal and Repatriation of the Japanese Canadians, 7. Behind the Barbed-Wire Fence: Internees and POWs in Japan, Japanese-Controlled Territory, and Canada, 8. Conclusion ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .