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Author:

Kent, Deborah.

Title:

The tragic history of the Japanese-American internment camps / Deborah Kent.

Publisher:

Enslow Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--United States.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States.
Japanese Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.

Contents:

Prison of fear -- Strangers from a far country -- Presidential orders -- Behind barbed wire -- Worlds apart -- Long way home -- Healing and hoping -- Timeline -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Internet addresses -- Index.

Summary:

"Examines the sad history of the Japanese-American internment camps, including adapting to the American lifestyle before Pearl Harbor, life and the conditions inside the camps, and creating a new life after leaving the camps"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

From many cultures, one history

ISBN:

076602797X
9780766027978

OCLC:

(OCoLC)123119837

LCCN:

2007015125

Locations:

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

PBPC546 -- Sigourney Public Library (Sigourney)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)