Impounded People : Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers /
Edward H. Spicer, Asael T. Hansen, Katherine Luomala, Marvin K. Opler.
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"Written in 1946 as one of the final reports of ... the War Relocation Authority."
Prologue. The process of scapegoating ; A west coast dilemma ; The evacuated people -- Moving in. Impact of the relocation centers ; The administrative staff ; Evacuee and caucasian ; Work and wages ; A world of rumor ; The blocks: foundations of community life ; Community cross currents ; The outside ; Crises -- Being sorted. Registration-a new crisis ; An emerging framework of community life ; The sorting ; Fruits of segregation -- Settling down. Programs-government and evacuee ; Evacuee orientations ; Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations ; The center way of life ; Tule Lake ; Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement -- Getting out. Holding the centers ; The stake in America ; Disintegration of the centers ; Confusion at Tule Lake -- Epilogue. The journey continued ; The journey back ; Discontinuities and continuities.
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Japanese Americans. Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.