Japanese American Internment during World War II - A History and Reference Guide

The internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II is one of the most shameful episodes in American history. This history and reference guide will help students and other interested readers to understand the history of this action and its reinterpretation in recent years, but it will also help readers to understand the Japanese American wartime experience through the words of those who were interned. Why did the U.S. government take this extraordinary action? How was the evacuation and resettlement handled? How did Japanese Americans feel on being asked to leave their homes and live in what amounted to concentration camps? How did they respond, and did they resist? What developments have taken place in the last twenty years that have reevaluated this wartime action?

A variety of materials is provided to assist readers in understanding the internment experience. Six interpretive essays examine key aspects of the event and provide new interpretations based on the most recent scholarship. Essays include:
- A short narrative history of the Japanese in America before World War II
- The evacuation
- Life within barbed wire-the assembly and relocation centers
- The question of loyalty-Japanese Americans in the military and draft resisters
- Legal challenges to the evacuation and internment
- After the war-resettlement and redress
A chronology of events, 26 biographical profiles of important figures, the text of 10 key primary documents--from Executive Order 9066, which authorized the internment camps, to first-person accounts of the internment experience--a glossary of terms, and an annotative bibliography of recommended print sources and web sites provide ready reference value. Every library should update its resources on World War II with this history and reference guide.

Sommario

Preface
Abbreviations
Chronology of Events
Japanese American Internment During World War II
The Japanese in America Before World War II
Evacuation
Life within Barbed Wire
The Question of Loyalty: Japanese Americans in the Military and Draft Resisters
Legal Challenges to the Evacuation and Internment
After the War: Resettlement and Redress
Biographies: The Personalities Behind the Japanese American Internment Program
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

WENDY NG is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Jose State University. /e

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wendy L. Ng, Ng Wendy
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 12 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.12.2001
• EAN: 9780313313752
• ISBN: 978-0-313-31375-2
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Prisoners of War, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Race and Ethnicity: Asian American Studies