What did the internment of Japanese Americans mean? : readings /
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| Imprint: | Boston, Mass. : Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. |
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| Description: | xi, 163 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Historians at work |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4318897 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- A Note for Students
- Part 1. Introduction
- The Internment of Japanese Americans
- From Pearl Harbor to Mass Incarceration: A Brief Narrative
- The Internment Camps
- Historians and Internment: From Relocation Centers to Concentration Camps
- Part 2. Some Current Questions
- 1.. Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?
- The Decision for Mass Evacuation
- 2.. What caused the Supreme Court to affirm the constitutionality of internment?
- Gordon Hirabayashi v. United States: "A Jap's a Jap"
- 3.. Why did U.S. officials intern people of Japanese ancestry from Central and South America?
- Hostages
- 4.. How did some Japanese Americans resist internment?
- Tule Lake under Martial Law: A Study in Japanese Resistance
- 5.. What was the impact of internment on Japanese American families and communities?
- Amache
- Making Connections
- Suggestions for Further Reading
