During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed and confined for years in sixteen 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, Alice Yang Murray investigates the U.S. 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.
Language
English
Pages
163
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Release
June 01, 2000
ISBN
0312228163
ISBN 13
9780312228163
What Does the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean?
During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed and confined for years in sixteen 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, Alice Yang Murray investigates the U.S. 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.