Sociology ETDs

Publication Date

Fall 9-19-1948

Abstract

This study is an investigation of prisoner of war sociology, specifically that of Japanese-controlled prison camps in which American soldiers captured in the Philippine Islands in the spring of 1942 were confined for almost three and one-half years. It is an attempt to discover the informal social social structure obtaining in these camps and helps answer answer the question of what happened when the existing social structure of the army was torn down and the men were thrown into a life requiring a rebuilding and realignment of social relationships and values.

Degree Name

Sociology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Sociology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Paul Walter Jr.

Second Committee Member

Morton J. Keston

Third Committee Member

Mamie Tanquist Miller

Keywords

Sociology, World War II, Japan, United States, Prisoners of War, 200th Coast Artillery, Cabanatuan Prison Camp

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

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