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Finding solace in the soil : an archaeology of gardens and gardeners at Amache / Bonnie J. Clark.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2020]Description: xvi, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1646420926
  • 9781646420926
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • SB469.75 .C535 2020
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"
List(s) this item appears in: Garden of Cultural Diversity | Japanese American Exclusion EO 9066 resources
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB468.5.J2 C52 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800182255
Total holds: 0

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"

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