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Name: Uprooted : the Japanese American Experience During World War II
Author: Marrin, Albert
ISBN: [978-0-553-50936-6,0-553-50936-5]

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Uprooted : the Japanese American Experience During World War II

Author: Marrin, Albert

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Follett Number: 1451LB9
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016
Format: 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-50936-6
ISBN-10: 0-553-50936-5
LCCN: 2015-025406
Dewey: 940.53
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:

Japan History 1912-1945

Japanese Americans Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945

United States History 1933-1945

World War, 1939-1945

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-239) and index. "Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and carefully follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's most beloved presidents to make this decision. Meanwhile, it also illuminates the history of Japan and its own struggles with racism and xenophobia, which led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, ultimately tying the two countries together"--Amazon.com.

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editor's Choice On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II-- from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and carefully follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's most beloved presidents to make this decision. Meanwhile, it also illuminates the history of Japan and its own struggles with racism and xenophobia, which led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, ultimately tying the two countries together. Today, America is still filled with racial tension, and personal liberty in wartime is as relevant a topic as ever. Moving and impactful, National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin's sobering exploration of this monumental injustice shines as bright a light on current events as it does on the past.

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