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Tables of Contents for What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean?
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
iii
Preface
v
A Note for Students
ix
PART ONE Introduction
1
26
The Internment of Japanese Americans
3
24
From Pearl Harbor to Mass Incarceration: A Brief Narrative
3
6
The Internment Camps
9
11
Historians and Internment: From Relocation Centers to Concentration Camps
20
7
PART TWO Some Current Questions
27
124
Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II?
29
36
Roger Daniels
The Decision for Mass Evacuation
What caused the Supreme Court to affirm the constitutionality of internment?
65
14
Peter Irons
Gordon Hirabayashi v. United States: ``A Jap's a Jap''
Why did U.S. officials intern people of Japanese ancestry from Central and South America?
79
22
Michi Weglyn
Hostages
How did some Japanese Americans resist internment?
101
20
Gary Y. Okihiro
Tule Lake under Martial Law: A Study in Japanese Resistance
What was the impact of internment on Japanese American families and communities?
121
30
Valerie J. Matsumoto
Amache
Making Connections
151
2
Suggestions for Further Reading
153