Citizen internees
Subtitle: a second look at race and citizenship in Japanese American internment camps
By: Linda L. Ivey and Kevin W. Kaatz
Contributors: Kaatz, Kevin W., author
Publisher: Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781440837005
Subjects: Japanese Americans; United States; Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.