Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment

Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
by Linda Gordon (Editor), Gary Okihiro (Editor), Dorothea Lange (Photographs)    224 pages

Presenting 119 images that were originally censored by the U.S. Army, this book brings together visual and social history of the stark reality of the internment camps. The majority of Lange's photographs of the camps have never been published, so this book is both essential for students of history, as well as students of photography.

I consider this one of the especially shameful things in U.S History (among other examples) and have read other books about the internment camps. I am also a big fan of Lange's photography, so this book was especially good.  The authors are nationally known historians, and they clearly outline the saga of Japanese-American internment from before Executive Order 9066 to the abrupt roundups of people and then the marginal existence that people experienced in the camps.  It is a very sobering read and Lange's photographs boldly underscore the horror of the community that was uprooted and the life that awaited them in detainment.