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Clark, Bonnie J.,

Finding solace in the soil : an archaeology of gardens and gardeners at Amache / Bonnie J. Clark. - xvi, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Studying Amache's gardens: methodology and practice -- Japanese gardens and diaspora -- A prison on the prairie -- Transforming the landscape -- Making connections -- Tradition and innovation -- Placemaking in confinement.

"Tells the largely unknown story of the gardens of Amache, the War Relocation Authority incarceration camp in Colorado. Combining physical evidence with oral histories, archival data, personal photographs, and memories of former Amache incarcerees, the book describes how gardeners cultivated community in confinement"

ISBN: 1646420926 9781646420926

LCCN: 2020028091

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Granada Relocation Center.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Garden archaeology--Colorado--Amache.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Colorado--Amache.
Ethnoarchaeology--Colorado--Amache.
Japanese Americans--Antiquities.--Colorado--Amache
Japanese Americans--History.--Colorado--Amache
Japanese Americans--Social life and customs.--Colorado--Amache
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: SB469.75 / .C535 2020

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: HE13.2/SO4/2020