Japanese Americans And World War II: Mass Removal, Imprisonment, And Redress

Japanese Americans and World War II: Mass Removal, Imprisonment, and Redress

Like its predecessors, this fourth edition of Japanese Americansand World War II is intended as a succinct and affordablesupplement to history and political science texts that minimize orneglect the Nikkei (Japanese American) experience in WorldWar II. As was hoped, the first two editions of this publicationfound an enthusiastic reception by instructors and students alikeat the high school, community college, and university level. Inaddition, the expanded third edition found a new readership beyondthe classroom, in members of and visitors to museums, such as theJapanese American Museum in Los Angeles, and interpretive centersat former concentration camp sites administered by the NationalPark Service at Manzanar, Tule Lake, and others (some inprogress).In response to the supportive and constructive feedback ofstudents, instructors, and lay readers, we at Harlan Davidsonundertook a bold and sweeping redesign of the third edition thatsaw our well-loved little “pamphlet” become anattractive but still highly affordable book that, in addition totaking the narrative completely up to date, has been thoroughlyre-edited and expanded further to include photographs, keydocuments, and an enhanced multidisciplinary bibliography of 200core publications by historians, political scientists,sociologists, anthropologists, and others, as well as multimediaand Internet-based sources. Inaccurate and misleading euphemismssuch as “evacuation” and “internment” havebeen meticulously replaced with more accurate terms like“mass removal” and “imprisonment—changesexplained and amplified in a new “Note on Terminology,”which explains the movement to correct long out-dated language andrefers readers to thoughtful essays on the subject by eminentscholars.