Title: Citizen internees : a second look at race and citizenship in Japanese American internment camps /
Authors: Ivey, Linda L.; Kaatz, Kevin W.
Year: 2017
Subjects: United States.; United States.; Japanese Americans Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945 Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans
Abstract: 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. 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.
Contents: The idea of the citizen internee. Citizen internees -- History of the Japanese and anti-Japanese sentiment in California -- Planning for relocation and the protection of property -- The move to Tanforan -- the move to Topaz -- Citizenship restored? Joining the army, going home -- The banker and his documents. What Morrish was doing during this period (transcribed letters) -- Original letters with annotations.