When can we go back to America?, voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, Susan H. Kamei ; foreword by Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
Type
Label
When can we go back to America?, voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, Susan H. Kamei ; foreword by Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-686) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Intended audience
Grade 7-8
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
When can we go back to America?
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Susan H. Kamei ; foreword by Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, UG, 10.1, 34, 34, 515523
Sub title
voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II
Summary
"An oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from the perspective of children and young people affected"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Pearl Harbor -- Why do I have to be foreign? -- Lieutenant General John I. Dewitt -- "Voluntary" evacuation -- Civilian expulsion orders -- Exodus -- Assembly centers -- Daily life -- Silver linings -- War relocation centers -- Too close for comfort -- Conflict -- The segregated Japanese US Army -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team -- The road to liberation -- Jiy? (liberty) -- Marion Konishi's valedictorian address -- "America, our hope is in you" -- Assembly centers -- War relocation centers -- Biographies
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Japanese Americans + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- Ethnic groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- History
- World War, 1939-1945 + Japanese Americans + Children
- Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- Asian American people + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- Minority groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 + Children -- United States -- Biography
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject9
- Japanese Americans + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- Ethnic groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- History
- World War, 1939-1945 + Japanese Americans + Children
- Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- Asian American people + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- Minority groups + Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 + Children -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 + Children -- United States -- Biography
- Content1