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Whispered silences
Japanese Americans and World War II
By Okihiro, Gary Y. & Myers, Joan
- ISBN
- 978-0-29597-497-2
- Publisher
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1996
YA A history of Japanese life in Hawaii and the U.S. mainland. Our country's history of racial discrimination, fear, and hatred of the Japanese began with the first migration in the late 1860s, and was an undercurrent that culminated in the relocation of 110,000 Japanese Americans to 10 camps in California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona during World War II. When they were released in 1945 and tried to return to their former homes, they again found rampant racial enmity. O...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
