What did the internment of Japanese Americans mean?
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What did the internment of Japanese Americans mean?
（Historians at work）
Bedford/St. Martin's, c2000
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During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed and confined for four years in 16 camps located throughout the western half of the United States. Yet the internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps remains a largely unknown episode of World War II history. In these selections, students are invited to investigate this event, and to review and challenge the conventional interpretations of its significance. They explore the US government's role in planning and carrying out the removal and internment of thousands of citizens, resident aliens and foreign nationals, and the ways in which Japanese Americans coped with or resisted their removal and incarceration.
Table of Contents
- Foreword Preface A Note for Students PART ONE: INTRODUCTION The Internment of Japanese Americans From Pearl Harbor to Mass Incarceration: A Brief Narrative Historians and Internment: From Relocation Centers to Concentration Camps PART TWO
- SOME CURRENT QUESTIONS Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II? R.Daniels What Caused the Supreme Court to Affirm the Constitutionality of Internment? P.Irons Why did U.S. Officials Intern People of Japanese Ancestry from Central and South America? M.Weglyn How did Some Japanese Americans Resist Internment? G.Y.Okihiro What was the Impact of Internment on Japanese American Families and Communities? V.J. Matsumoto Making Connections Suggestions for Further Reading
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