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Author:

Wilkinson, Rupert, author.

Title:

Surviving a Japanese internment camp : life and liberation at Santo Tom©Łs, Manila, in World War II / Rupert Wilkinson.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 234 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Subject:

Wilkinson, Rupert.
Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Great Britain--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

" Interned as a small boy with his mother and older sister, the author shows the many ways in which Manila's Santo Tom©Łs prison camp internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards. "-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786465700 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786465705 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862149065

LCCN:

2013041038

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)