| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805.5 .S28 W55 2014 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17968 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780786465705 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805.5 .S28
- Item number - W55 2014
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Wilkinson, Rupert,
- Dates associated with a name - 1936-2014
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Surviving a Japanese internment camp :
- Remainder of title - life and liberation at Santo Tomas, Manila, in World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Rupert Wilkinson.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Jefferson, North Carolina :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2014
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, And Copyright Notice |
- Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice - ©2014
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xi, 234 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations, map ;
- Dimensions - 26 cm
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - unmediated
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - volume
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - War clouds over Eden -- Internment -- A porous prison -- Dorms, shanties, and sex -- "Cheer up! Everything's going to be lousy" -- Child's play -- Power : the Japanese -- Power : the internees -- Hunger -- Threat vs. Hope -- "They're here!" -- Aftermath -- Significance -- Chronology -- The Camp's "Ten Commandments" -- The literature of Santo Tomas
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Interned as a small boy with his mother and older sister, the author shows the many ways in which Manila's Santo Tomás prison camp internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards." --
- Assigning source - Provided by publisher.
- Summary, etc. - "During World War II the Japanese imprisoned more American civilians at Manila's Santo Tomas prison camp than anywhere else, along with British and other nationalities. The camp went through a drastic change, from good conditions in the early days to impending mass starvation, before its dramatic rescue by U.S. Army "flying columns." Interned as a youth with his mother and sister, the author shows the many ways in which the camp's internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards. Using a wealth of Santo Tomas memoirs and diaries, plus interviews with other ex-internees and veteran army liberators, he reveals how children reinvented their own society, while adults coped with crowded dormitories, evaded sex restrictions, smuggled in food, and through a strong internee government, dealt with their Japanese overlords. The text explores the attitudes and behavior of Japanese officials, ranging from sadistic cruelty to humane cooperation, and asks philosophical questions about atrocity and moral responsibility."
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Wilkinson, Rupert,
- Dates associated with a name - 1936-2014
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Form subdivision - Personal narratives, British.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- Form subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Great Britain
- Form subdivision - Biography.
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