ETST 135: The Mass Incarceration of Japanese Americans

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours

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Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Overview of mass incarceration of Japanese Americans within their overall experience in the United States. Emphasis is on variables that generat- ed similarities and internal diversity within the broader ethnic group. Also explores the broad relevance of mass incarceration for understanding our post-9 world. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.