Japanese
Relocation and Internment Camps in the U.S. During World War II
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Daniels, Roger. Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II Hill and Wang, 2004 |
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Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps NewSage Press, 2005 |
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Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment Houghton Mifflin, 1973 (301.453 H818f) |
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Lange, Dorothea Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment W.W. Norton, 2006 (940.5472 L26i) |
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Lorenzen, A. M. A Lovely Little War: Life in a Japanese Prison Camp Through the Eyes of a Child History Pub. Co., 2008 |
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Only
What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience
Heyday Books ; California Historical Society, 2000 |
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Uchida, Yoshiko. Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family University of Washington Press, 1984 |
DVDs
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Citizen
Tanouye Eight ethnically diverse high school students from Torrance, California bring history to life as they research Technical Sergeant Ted Tanouye, a graduate of their high school who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in WWII. Through their research of Citizen Tanouye, the students not only discover the impact of the war on their city, but also draw attention to the civil rights abuses of WWII-era America. WGBH Boston Video, 2008 (940.5404 C498 DVD) |
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Time of Fear In World War ll, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps across the US. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas. Through interviews with the internees and local citizens, the program explores how the influx of outsiders affected the local community and the impact this history had on the issues of civil rights and social justice in America then and now. PBS Home Video, 2005 (940.5472 T482 DVD) |
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WWII:
They Also Served A collection of four previously released DVDs that bring to life various aspects of World War II. WGBH Boston Video, 2008 (940.54 W9692 DVD) |
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Japanese
and Chinese Culture
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Blunden, Carol Cultural Atlas of China Facts on File, 1998 (912.51 B628c) |
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Collcutt, Martin Cultural Atlas of Japan Facts on File, 1988 (952 C685c) |
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Daniels, Roger. Asian America: Chinese and Japanese in the United States Since 1850 University of Washington Press, 1992 |
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Hessler, Peter Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present Harper Collins Publishers, 2006 (915.1 H468o) |
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The
Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
Tuttle Pub., 2002 |
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Mah, Adeline Yen Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Tradition, and Spiritual Wisdom Broadway Books, 2001 (181.11 M277w) |
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Sakaiya, Taichi What is Japan?: Contradictions and Transformations Kodansha International, 1993 (952 Sa29w) |
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Schirokauer, Conrad A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations Harcourt, 1989 (951 Sch35b) |
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