Japanese American internment camps

Resource Information

The work Japanese American internment camps represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Japanese American internment camps

Statement of responsibility

Laura Hamilton Waxman

Creator

• Waxman, Laura Hamilton

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Author

• Waxman, Laura Hamilton

Subject

• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Juvenile literature
• Electronic books
• Japanese -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

During World War II, the United States was battling Japan. In 1942 the president of the United States signed an executive order, forcing more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans to leave their homes. These innocent people-many of them US citizens-would spend the next few years imprisoned behind barbed wire fences, in what the government called internment camps. Life in the camps was difficult. People were homesick. The barracks where they slept were cold and dirty. Most of the country believed they were criminals. But imprisoned Japanese Americans remained brave. Learn more about these courageous heroes, including those who fought for justice and freedom

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

940.53/1773089956

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Heroes of WWII

Target audience

juvenile