Citizen Internees: A Second Look at Race and Citizenship in Japanese American Internment Camps
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Japan, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, Military, World War II
| Author: | Linda L. Ivey, Kevin W. Kaatz | ISBN: | 9781440837012 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | March 27, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | Linda L. Ivey, Kevin W. Kaatz |
| ISBN: | 9781440837012 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | March 27, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
Through a new collection of primary documents about Japanese internment during World War II, this book enables a broader understanding of the injustice experienced by displaced people within the United States in the 20th century.
• Enables readers to see—through primary documents comprising letters written by the internees and banker J. Elmer Moorish in Redwood City, CA—how Japanese-American citizens who were interned during World War II handled their financial affairs
• Analyzes the interactions between Japanese Americans and Anglo-Americans during a period of widespread xenophobia and racial tension in the United States
• Helps readers to better understand the important issues of citizenship and race in America during and just after World War II
• Reveals new information on the day-to-day lives of Japanese Americans while residing in internment camps located in various areas of the United States
Through a new collection of primary documents about Japanese internment during World War II, this book enables a broader understanding of the injustice experienced by displaced people within the United States in the 20th century.
• Enables readers to see—through primary documents comprising letters written by the internees and banker J. Elmer Moorish in Redwood City, CA—how Japanese-American citizens who were interned during World War II handled their financial affairs
• Analyzes the interactions between Japanese Americans and Anglo-Americans during a period of widespread xenophobia and racial tension in the United States
• Helps readers to better understand the important issues of citizenship and race in America during and just after World War II
• Reveals new information on the day-to-day lives of Japanese Americans while residing in internment camps located in various areas of the United States
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