About the Author

James Thomas:

Thomas James is Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy, Brown University.

Reviews

Thomas James's Exile Within brilliantly interprets schooling in the camps that imprisoned Japanese families. But more, he shows that "democratic education" behind barbed wire was not so anomalous as it might at first appear; it had its precidents and might have its successors. James teaches us, then, not only about that shameful episode but also about the larger pathology, both of ideology and practice, within which it occurredThomas James book is a lively and important piece of social history. It makes a contribution to the literature on prejudice and race relations as well as the history of education. The contradiction of educators trying to conduct "democratic" education in a concentration camp is interesting curious in a sad way.