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Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites
URL: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/anthropology74/

Description:
This full-text, illustrated, online book tells the story of the forced evacuations of nearly 120,000 Japanese-American citizens following Pearl Harbor and each of the War Relocation Authority internment camps to which they were sent. Noteworthy features include a solid narrative history, extensive bibliographical references, and architectural drawings of barracks, mess halls, and other detention camp buildings. From the National Park Service's Links to the Past resources.

Author:
Burton, Jeffery F.; Farrell, Mary M.; Lord, Florence B.; Lord, Richard W.

Publisher:
National Park Service. Western Archaeological and Conservation Center

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Full-text
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States

LII Database Information:
Record 8380 created by Douglas Smith on 06/01/2001
Last modification on 07/11/2007
Published: 06/01/2001  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8380