Confinement and ethnicity : an overview of World War II Japanese American relocation sites / Jeffery F. Burton [and others] ; with a new foreword by Tetsuden Kashima ; an essay by Eleanor Roosevelt ; cartography by Ronald J. Beckwith ; a contribution by Irene J. Cohen.

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TextSeries: Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studiesPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2002.Edition: 1st University of Washington Press edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 449 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780295801513
0295801514

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confinement and ethnicity.DDC classification:

940.54/7273 21

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D769.8.A6 C57 2002eb

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Contents:

Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Tetsuden Kashima -- Chapter 1: Sites of Shame: An Introduction -- Chapter 2: To Undo a Mistake is Always Harder Than Not to Create One Originally by Eleanor Roosevelt -- Chapter 3: A Brief History of Japanese American Relocation During World War II -- Chapter 4: Gila River Relocation Center, Arizona -- Chapter 5: Granada Relocation Center, Colorado -- Chapter 6: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming -- Chapter 7: Jerome Relocation Center, Arkansas -- Chapter 8: Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

Chapter 9: Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho -- Chapter 10: Poston Relocation Center, Arizona -- Chapter 11: Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas -- Chapter 12: Topaz Relocation Center, Utah -- Chapter 13: Tule Lake Relocation Center, California -- Chapter 14: Citizen Isolation Centers -- Chapter 15: Additional War Relocation Authority Facilities -- Chapter 16: Assembly Centers -- Chapter 17: Department of Justice and U.S. Army Facilities -- Chapter 18: Federak Bureau of Prisons -- References Cited.

Appendix A: Relocation Center Drawings in Records Group 210, National Archives, Cartographic Division / Compiled by Irene J. Cohen -- Appendix B: Tule Lake Relocation Center Drawings at the Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Falls Office -- Appendix C: Selected Relocation Center Blueprints.

Summary: This report provides an overview of the tangible remains currently left at the sites of the Japanese American internment during World War II. The main focus is on the War Relocation Authority's relocation centers, but Department of Justice and U.S. Army facilities where Japanese Americans were interned are also considered. The goal of the study has been to provide information for the National Landmark Theme Study called for in the Manzanar National Historic Site enabling legislation. Archival research, field visits, and interviews with former internees provide preliminary documentation about the architectural remnants, the archeological features, and the artifacts remaining at the sites. The degree of preservation varies tremendously. At some locations, modern development has obscured many traces of the World War II-era buildings and features. At a few sites, relocation center buildings still stand, and some are still in use. Overall the physical remains at all the sites are evocative of this very significant, if shameful, episode in U.S. history, and all appear to merit National Register of Historic Places or National Historic Landmark status.

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This report provides an overview of the tangible remains currently left at the sites of the Japanese American internment during World War II. The main focus is on the War Relocation Authority's relocation centers, but Department of Justice and U.S. Army facilities where Japanese Americans were interned are also considered. The goal of the study has been to provide information for the National Landmark Theme Study called for in the Manzanar National Historic Site enabling legislation. Archival research, field visits, and interviews with former internees provide preliminary documentation about the architectural remnants, the archeological features, and the artifacts remaining at the sites. The degree of preservation varies tremendously. At some locations, modern development has obscured many traces of the World War II-era buildings and features. At a few sites, relocation center buildings still stand, and some are still in use. Overall the physical remains at all the sites are evocative of this very significant, if shameful, episode in U.S. history, and all appear to merit National Register of Historic Places or National Historic Landmark status.

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