Japanese American internment camps /

Japanese American internment camps / Bryan J. Grapes, book editor. - San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 2001. - 202 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - History Firsthand series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-198) and index.

Introduction: America's Concentration Camps -- The arguments for relocation: The fifth column on the coast / Walte Lippman -- Japanese Americans constitute a dangerous threat to security / Earl Warren -- The danger of American-born Japanese / C.B. Horrall -- Japanese aliens pose a greater threat than German and Italian aliens / Angelo J. Rossi -- The Japanese attempt to colonize the West Coast / Miller Freeman -- The internment of the Issei: The night the FBI came for my father / Yoshiko Uchida -- My first night in jail / Yamato Ichihashi -- The break-up of a family / Amy Uno Ishii -- Evacuation: Evacuation day / Monica Sone -- The day we were kicked out of Berkeley / Charles Kikuchi -- An unwilling journey / Daisuke Kitagawa -- The pain of relocation / Mary Tsukamoto -- Life in the camps: From the outrageous to the tolerable / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston -- The jewel of the desert / Toyo Suyemoto Kawakami -- Life at Gilla / Anonymous -- Keeping the family together at Minidoka / Helen Murao -- Freedom: Putting the pieces back together / Yoshiko Uchida -- Return to Minidoka / Monica Sone.

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Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
Concentration camps--United States.
Japanese Americans--Relocation.
Americanos japoneses--Evacuación y ubicación, 1942-1945
Guerra Mundial,1939-1945--Americanos japoneses
Americanos japoneses--Ubicación


Campos de Concentración--Estados Unidos

D 769.8 / J35 2001

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