Documents of Japanese American Internment
by20201231
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 264 |
Topics | Anti-Asian Discrimination in the U.S.;Civil Disobedience and Resistance;Executive Order 9066;Loyalty Questionnaire;Response to the Japanese Removal;Response to Pearl Harbor;U.S. Citizenship Guarantees;Race and Ethnicity: Asian American Studies;American History: Race and Ethnicity |
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Explore Japanese Internment through the voices of those who endured removal, those who designed this notorious forced migration, and those who witnessed the broken promise of U.S. democracy.
This document collection sheds light on Japanese American internment through the voices and perspectives of those who directly experienced this event as well as those who created the policy behind it. The book provides readers with a wide range of first-hand accounts, government reports, and media responses that help readers to better understand the events of this unfortunate period of American history.
Each document has contextualizing information to help students understand content they may come across in their research. This format is meant to accommodate a wide range of documents that includes a variety of viewpoints and perspectives, such as "eyewitness" pieces (personal narratives, letters; and first-hand accounts); media pieces (newspaper articles, op-ed articles, and reactions and responses to the events); and government and legislative pieces (laws, proclamations, rules, etc.).
Books in this series provide a preface, introduction, guide to primary documents, and chronological organization of documents, with each document providing its own introduction, the text of the document or excerpt, and a brief list of additional readings.
- Provides students with document collections for secondary and post-secondary courses
- Organizes documents thematically with introductions that frame the information and support understanding
- Provides a variety of "eyewitness" documents—including first-hand and personal accounts, media responses and articles, and government reports and legislation—to help readers comprehend events in their entirety
- Contextualizes content for readers through thematic organization of documents
- Provides flexibility for librarians to curate a variety of single-volume document collections in key curricular areas
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Table of Contents
Documents of Japanese American Internment
Author(s): Ivey, Linda; Kaatz, Kevin;Contributors: Ivey, Linda; Kaatz, Kevin;Abstract:Explore Japanese Internment through the voices of those who endured removal, those who designed this notorious forced migration, and those who witnessed the broken promise of U.S. democracy.
This document collection sheds light on Japanese American internment through the voices and perspectives of those who directly experienced this event as well as those who created the policy behind it. The book provides readers with a wide range of first-hand accounts, government reports, and media responses that help readers to better understand the events of this unfortunate period of American history.
Each document has contextualizing information to help students understand content they may come across in their research. This format is meant to accommodate a wide range of documents that includes a variety of viewpoints and perspectives, such as "eyewitness" pieces (personal narratives, letters; and first-hand accounts); media pieces (newspaper articles, op-ed articles, and reactions and responses to the events); and government and legislative pieces (laws, proclamations, rules, etc.).
Books in this series provide a preface, introduction, guide to primary documents, and chronological organization of documents, with each document providing its own introduction, the text of the document or excerpt, and a brief list of additional readings.
- Provides students with document collections for secondary and post-secondary courses
- Organizes documents thematically with introductions that frame the information and support understanding
- Provides a variety of "eyewitness" documents—including first-hand and personal accounts, media responses and articles, and government reports and legislation—to help readers comprehend events in their entirety
- Contextualizes content for readers through thematic organization of documents
- Provides flexibility for librarians to curate a variety of single-volume document collections in key curricular areas
SortTitle: documents of japanese american internmentAuthor Info:Linda L. IveyauthorKevin W. KaatzauthoreISBN-13: 9781440853906Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440853906.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440853890Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 264Publication Date: 20201231Series: Eyewitness to History- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i2
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Preface ix10
- Introduction xi12
- Chronology xxiii24
- Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents xxv26
- Chapter 1 The Decision: Why Mass Relocation and Internment? 128
- 1.1 “Report on the Effects of the Japanese War on the Japanese Alien and Native-Born Vegetable Growers of California,” 1941 229
- 1.2 J. L. DeWitt, “Action of the Congressional Committee Handling Enemy Aliens on the West Coast,” 1942 734
- 1.3 Agricultural Leaders of Santa Cruz County, “Recommendations for the Agricultural Development of Santa Cruz County,” 1942 1037
- 1.4 Hiroshi Korematsu, “Cooperative Farm Project for Alien Resettlement,” 1941 1340
- 1.5 Executive Order 9066, 1942 2047
- 1.6 J. L. DeWitt, “Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942” 2350
- 1.7 Memo from J. Edgar Hoover to the Attorney General Refuting Statements Made in DeWitt’s “Final Report,” 1944 2855
- Chapter 2 The Architects: The State and the Military in Constructing the Internment 3764
- 2.1 J. L. DeWitt, “Final Report,” Chapter 9: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942 3865
- 2.2 Relocation to Salt Lake City: M. S. Eisenhower to Mr. P. Hetherton, 1942, and Paul J. Harley, “Confidential Memorandum,” 1942 4471
- 2.3 J. L. DeWitt, “Final Report,” Chapter 13: “Assembly Center Location, Construction and Equipment,” 1942 5481
- 2.4 “Instructions on Evacuation of Tanforan Assembly Center,” 1942 5885
- 2.5 U.S. Government, Excerpts from The Relocation Program: A Guidebook for the Residents of Relocation Centers, 1943 6289
- 2.6 War Relocation Authority, Transcript from A Challenge to Democracy, 1942 6693
- 2.7 Fiscal Agent of the United States, “Memorandum of Functions and Operations of the Evacuee Property Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as Fiscal Agent of the United States, and Suggested Procedure for Cooperation of Other Banks in Administration of Evacuation Program,” 1942 7097
- 2.8 The Heart Mountain Relocation Center: “Highlights of Remarks by C. E. Rachford to First Heart Mountain Colonists” and Excerpts from Heart Mountain Sentinel, 1942 74101
- 2.9 Charles F. Ernst and Rev. Taro Goto, Topaz Times, 1942 79106
- 2.10 Documents on Student Relocation, 1942 82109
- Chapter 3 The Interned: The Removal and Internment Experience 89116
- 3.1 Excerpt from Monica Sone, Nisei Daughter, 1954 90117
- 3.2 Life in Tanforan: Selections from Tanforan Totalizer, 1942 93120
- 3.3 Letter from Sakae Yamane to J. Elmer Morrish, 1943, and Letter from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to the First National Bank of San Mateo County at Redwood City, 1945 98125
- 3.4 Letter from Mrs. Kuni Yatabe to J. Elmer Morrish, 1943 101128
- 3.5 Selected Editorials from Tanforan Totalizer, 1942 103130
- 3.6 Excerpts from Ramblings High School Yearbook, 1943, 1944 107134
- 3.7 “Digressions,” Trek, 1942 113140
- 3.8 The No-No Controversy: Topaz Times, 1943 117144
- Chapter 4 The Allies and the Critics: Voices from Outside the Camps Respond 123150
- 4.1 Ray Lyman Wilbur et al., Letter to Gen. J. L. DeWitt, March 24, 1942 124151
- 4.2 American Friends Service Committee, Recruiting Japanese American Internees, November 17, 1942 127154
- 4.3 Excerpts from the Bainbridge Island Review, 1941–1943 133160
- 4.4 Allies for Day-to-Day Business: Letters to and from Banker J. Edgar Morrish, 1942–1944 143170
- 4.5 Internment Photographers: Works of Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams, 1942–1943 147174
- 4.6 War Relocation Authority, Excerpts from Legal and Constitutional Phases of the WRA Program, 1944 150177
- 4.7 Milton S. Eisenhower, Excerpts from The President Is Calling, 1974 154181
- Chapter 5 The Americans: Reflections on Citizenship, Rights, and Power in the United States 167194
- 5.1 Korematsu v. United States, 1944 168195
- 5.2 Takao Ozawa v. United States, 1922 189216
- 5.3 On Leaving Camps and Fear of Violence: Topaz Times and “Imperial Valley Holds ‘Anti-Jap’ Meeting,” 1945 196223
- 5.4 Letters Home: Alameda, 1954 204231
- 5.5 The Emergency Detention Act of the Internal Security Act (Title II) and Its Repeal, 1950 206233
- 5.6 Public Law 100–383, 1988, and Apology Letter and Checks, Reparation Movement, 1990 210237
- 5.7 Neil Nakadate, “Go for Broke,” 2013 213240
- 5.8 Connections to 9/11: Alice Ito Interview with Pramila Jaypal, 2004 215242
- Bibliography 219246
- Index 223250