Books - What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (Historians at Work)

eShop USA > Books > What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (Historians at Work)

What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (Historians at Work)

by: Alice Yang Murray

Our Price: $16.25

Prices subject to change.

26 used from $2.00
11 Thirdparty New from $6.90

Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks

Click here for lowest price offers

Save $10.00 when you spend $50.00 or more on qualifying items offered by Amazon.com. Enter code BMLSAVES at checkout.

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.53170973
EAN: 9780312208295
ISBN: 0312208294
Label: Bedford/St. Martin's
Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 162
Publication Date: April 21, 2000
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Studio: Bedford/St. Martin's

Related Items:

Featured Listmania!

Japanese American Internment During WWII

Editorial Review:
During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed and confined four 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.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating:

Rating:

- Finally Some People Write About The Unfairness To Japanese Americans In WW2
Being half white and half Japanese was sometimes hard enough but when you would be in a history class during Jr. High school and High school and the teachers talked about the atrocities committed in world war 2 by the Japanese I would find it so hypocritical that they never truly discussed the atrocities of the interment camps during WW2 for Japanese citizens and other ethnic minorities of Asian lineage as well. Did the country of Japan commit atrocities yes but so did the United States,Germany,China,Russia,France,England,and ... Read More

Rating:

- A Valuable Resource On The American Internment
This Review refers to the paperback edition of "What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (Historians at Work)", composed by Roger Daniels, Peter Irons, Michi Weglyn, Gary Y. Okihiro, and Valerie J. Matsumoto and as compiled by Alice Yang Murray.
Murray's book is a compilation of several selections from prominent scholars and authors concerning the plight of those of Japanese descent caught in the Americas during World War II. A brief introduction providing insights into the lives of the authors and several questions ... Read More

Related Categories: