Ebook: Citizen Internees: A Second Look at Race and Citizenship in Japanese American Internment Camps
Author: Linda L. Ivey Kevin W. Kaatz
- Tags: State & Local, United States, Americas, History, Japan, Asia, History, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Archaeology, Essays, Historical Geography, Historical Maps, Historiography, Reference, Study & Teaching, History, World War II, Military, History, Asian American Studies, Specific Demographics, Social Sciences, Politics & Social Sciences, Asia, History, Humanities, New Used & Rental Textbooks, Specialty Boutique, United States, History, Humanities, New Used & Rental Textbooks, Specialty Boutique, Military, History, H
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Praeger
- Language: English
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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