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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Internment Camps"”.
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An Ambitious Social Experiment: Education in Japanese-American Internment Camps, 1942-1945 by Christopher Su.
… went on to attend colleges and find jobs after internment, they took these experiences with them and crafted new and deeply personal definitions of being an American citizen. The Adult Education programs gave internees English skills and new cultural knowledge that they used in their post-war …
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Jewish and ‘Nomade’ Experiences of Internment in Occupied France, 1940-1946
This dissertation explores the experiences of internment among Jews and ‘nomades’ in Occupied France between 1940 and 1946. Drawing on a wide range of sources, many of them previously unused by historians, the dissertation contributes to scholarship seeking to recover Jews and ‘nomades’ as subjects …
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Feminine Identity Confined: The Archaeology of Japanese Women at Amache, a WWII Internment Camp
… evacuated from the West Coast to ten different internment camps in the interior of the United States. One of these camps was the Granada Relocation Center, otherwise known as Amache, located in southeastern Colorado. Through the analysis of archaeological material, archival documents, and oral …
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An Analysis of Modified Material Culture from Amache: Investigating the Landscape of Japanese American Internment
… Archaeological research at the Japanese American internment camp in Granada, Colorado, called Amache, has recently uncovered artifacts featuring evidence of modification. Previous studies at internment camps have failed to include a comprehensive analysis of these artifacts; instead focusing on …
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Japanese American Internment: A Great Injustice
The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II (WWII) is a period in American history that is generally not given due attention. The purpose of this essay is to research and gain understanding of how such an incident could take place, what internees had to go through, and the impact it …
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Beyond the evacuation zone: Japanese evacuation and resettlement in Spokane, Washington
… and Japanese Americans in inland relocation camps. Few scholars have investigated the effects of the evacuation, relocation, and resettlement program on non- evacuated communities with pre-World War II Japanese populations. Located outside the prohibited coastal zones in eastern Washington, …
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National Security Crises and the Expanding American Presidency
… 120,000 people of Japanese descent into internment camps after Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. The Bush administration continued and extended the practice of previous presidents to expand executive powers by implementing key (and controversial) measures in the wake of September 11 …
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Whose Community Museum Is It? Collaboration Strategies and Identity Affirmation in the Amache Museum
<p>The Amache Museum is a preservation project that has multiple communities involved in preserving Amache history. It represents Japanese American as well as American history and is owned and maintained by the Amache Preservation Society (APS), which is comprised of local Granada High School …
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Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: The Korean American War for Independence (1910-1945)
… its first official apology for its role in the internment of the Japanese. Then, almost as quickly as the successes came, an explosion of anti-Asian sentiment swept the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Known as the “Yellow Peril”, the latent feelings of anger and discrimination erased …