japanese americans

Presents more than two hundred reproductions of the political cartoons of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Suess, written during World War II for the daily newspaper, "PM," between 1941 and 1942, and that comment on isolationism, racism, and anti-Semitism.

A collection of illustrated photographs of the internment of Japanese Americans at the beginning of World War Two taken by noted documentary photographer Dorothea Lange, along with essays that provides a biography of Lange and the effects of internment on the Japanese community.

Photographs and text recount the experiences of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at concentration camps during World War II.

A young girl, a third generation Japanese American, describes her experiences with her family after they were forced to leave their homes and imprisoned in an internment camp in Manzanar, California, during World War II.

Kimi Grant's grandmother was a missing link to Kimi's Japanese heritage. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, all Kimi wanted was to fit in and she ignored traditional Japanese cuisine and her grandfather's attempts to teach her the language. But Kimi was interested in one part of her grandparents lives: they had been prisoners in the Japanese American camps out west during World War II.

Contains source documents and illustrations that provide information about the Japanese-American internment during World War II, covering Pearl Harbor and anti-Japanese bias, evacuation and internment, life in the camps, legal battles, and remembrance and redress. Includes critical-thinking questions.

Describes what happened after the attack on Pearl Harbor, why Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and move into faraway camps, and what happened to their businesses and belongings when they were released.

Describes the events surrounding the internment of Japanese Americans in relocation centers during World War II, revealing historical details from the perspective of Japanese internees and Caucasians.

Provides information on the Japanese American internment in the United States and the differing perspectives accompanying it.