The following list of materials, containing information on Japanese-American internment, is given in call number order. Each entry is a citation for a reference work, followed by specific information on what is contained therein.
Matuszak, Nancy, ed. History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide . Detroit: Gale, 2002. Ref D410.H57 v. 5.
"Civil Rights Suspended: Japanese American Internment." Compares treatment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans in U.S. during War, p. 45-46.
Dear, I.C.B., and M.R.D. Foot, eds. The Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, Ref D740.O94 1995 .
Carson, Clayborne. "Japanese-Americans," p. 632-634.
See also "internment" for treatment of citizens of Japanese ancestry in other countries.
Ng, Wendy. Japanese American Internment During World War II: A History and Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. Ref D769.8.A6.N4 2002.
"A variety of materials is provided to assist readers in understanding the internment experience." Interpretive essays examine: The Japanese in America before World War II; Evacuation; Life within Barbed Wire; The Question of Loyalty: Japanese Americans in the Military and Draft Resisters; Legal Challenges to the Evacuation and Internment; and After the War: Resettlement and Redress.
Primary documents: Executive Order No. 9066; Saburo Kido's Address at the Emergency JACL Meeting; Public Law 503-77 th Congress; Selective Service System: Statement of United States Citizen of Japanese Ancestry; Proclamation 4417: An American Promise by the President of the United States of America; Apology Letter from the White House; Excerpt from "Okaasan” Portrait of an Issei Mother; Excerpt from Manzanar Martyr, an Interview with Harry Y. Ueno; Tom Kawaguchi; Excerpt from Suspended: Growing Up Asian in America; Testimony of Warren Furutani before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Interment of Civilians.
Also included are a photographic essay and a glossary.
REgenerations: Oral History Project: Rebuilding Japanese American Families, Communities, and Civil Rights in the Resettlement Era, Oral History Project. Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, 2000. D769.8.A6.R44 2000 V.1-4.
"This extensive collection of oral history interviews offers insight into the often-overlooked period with Japanese American history known as resettlement." Produced by the Japanese American National Museum, in cooperation with the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego, and the Japanese American Resource Center/Museum.
Volume I: Chicago
Volume II: Los Angeles
Volume III: San Diego
Volume IV: San Jose
Kikumura-Yano, Akemi, Ed. Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas: An Illustrated History of the Nikkei. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2002. Ref E29.J3.E53 2002.
"...Comprehensive guide of the history of Japanese immigrants in the Western Hemisphere. The Nikkei (people of Japanese descent and their descendants) are described from early immigration to the present as they settled in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States.
...Four primary areas of information [are provided]: a historical overview, a bibliographic essay, an annotated bibliography, and supplementary materials such as demographic data and a selection of historical photographs.
America in the 20th Century: 1940-1949. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995. Ref E169.1.A471872 1995.
Peduzzi, Kelli. "The World at War: Japanese-American Internment," p. 595.
Bondi, Victor, Ed. American Decades: 1940-1949. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995. Ref E169.12.A4194 1995.
"Government and Politics: America at War: The Internment of Japanese Americans," p. 240-241.
"Law and Justice Overview: The Worst and the Best," p. 296. "Law and Justice: Internment of Japanese Americans," p. 304-306.
"Law and Justice: Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu," p. 318.
"Lifestyles and Social Trends Overview: Internment of Japanese Americans." p. 332.
"Lifestyles and Social Trends Topics in the News: Race Relations: 'A Jap's a Jap,' Loss of Rights and Property, Internment." p. 341-343.
The Annals of America. Volume 16 1940-1949: The Second World War and After. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968. Ref E173.A793 v. 16.
Black, H., et al. "Korematsu v. United States." Reaffirms the court's earlier decision, includes parts of the Court's ruling, a concurring opinion, and two strong dissents, p. 234-241.
"Eugene V. Rostow: Our Worst Wartime Mistake." Analyzes "... the Japanese removal and the Supreme Court's justificatory decision in Korematsu v. United States of 1944," p. 344-349.
Chronicle of America. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. Ref E174.5.C55 1995.
A comprehensive chronological history of the country in newspaper format: "Japanese-Americans Are Imprisoned," p. 702.
Dictionary of American History. Rev. ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Ref E174.D52 1976 v. 3.
Kelly, Alfred H. "Japanese-American Relocation," p. 490-491.
Foner, Eric, and John A. Garraty, eds. The Reader's Companion to American History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Ref E174.R43 1991.
Short entry: "Japanese-American Relocation," p. 588-589
Chambers, John Whiteclay, ed. The Oxford Companion to American Military History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Ref E181.O94 1999.
"Internment of Enemy Aliens," p. 339
"Japanese-American Internment Cases," p. 347-348.
Green, Jack P., eds. Encyclopedia of American Political History: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas .. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. Ref E183.E5 1984 v. 2. and Ref E183.E5 1984 v. 3.
Kraut, Alan M. "Nativism: The Great Depression and World War II." Overview of events leading up to evacuation and internment and response to returning Japanese Americans to their communities after internment ended, p. 871-873, v. 2.
Robinson, Donald L. "Presidency." Considers Korematsu v. United States, p. 987-989, v. 3.
Levinson, David, and Melvin Ember, eds. American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997. Ref E184.A1 A63448 1997 v.1.
Maki, Mitchell T. "Japanese: The Nisei, Wartime Incarceration, Japanese Americans in the Military, After World War II, The Civil Liberties Act of 1988," p. 496-505.
Lehman, Jeffrey, ed. Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Detroit: Gale Group, 1995. Ref E184.A1 G14 1995 v. 2.
Easton, Stanley E, and Lucien Ellington. "Japanese Americans: Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans and Responses to the Internment," p. 808-809.
Lehman, Jeffrey, ed. Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Primary Documents. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Ref E184.A1 G15 1999 v. 2.
Japanese Americans: Overview of the Times; Executive Order 9066; Public Law 503; Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Restitution for World War II Internment of Japanese-Americans and Aleuts; and Identification records: "Alien Enemy or Prisoner of War," p. 409-415
Auerbach, Susan, Ed. Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994. Ref E184.A1.E58 1994 v. 4, v. 7, v. 8.
Volume 4: "Japanese American Citizens League," p. 944; "Japanese American internment," p. 944-949 (good pictures of family, living conditions, "instruction sign"); "Japanese American internment-reparations," p. 949-950; and "Japanese Americans and dual citizenship," p. 955-956.
Volume 7: "Evacuation Claims Act of 1948," p. 2006; "Anti-Japanese movement," p. 1856-1857; "Civil Liberties Act of 1988," p. 1938-1939; "Civilian Exclusion Orders," p. 1940-1941; "Evacuation Claims Act of 1948" and "Executive Order 9066," p. 2006-2007.
Volume 8: "National Coalition for Redress/Reparations," p. 2146, v. 8, and "National Council for Japanese American Redress," p. 2148; "No-no boys," p. 2162; "Seabrook Farms," p. 2222; and "Terminal Island," p. 2255.
Thernstrom, Stephan, ed. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Cambridge: Belknap Press, l980. Ref E184.A1.H35.
Kitano, Harry H. L. "Japanese: California, 1869-1941; Wartime Evacuation, 1942-1945; Postwar Recovery, 1945 to the Present," p. 561-571.
Niiya, Brian, ed. Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present. New York: Facts on File, 2001. Ref E184.J3.E53 2001.
Use the index to find internment camps, concentration camps, Japanese American Citizens League (many subtopics on internment under JACL), Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study, Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act, Japanese American soldiers, World War II (442nd, 522nd, "Go for broke," and many other subtopics on internment).
Baron, Deborah G., and Susan B. Gall, eds. Asian American Chronology. New York: UXL, 1996. Ref E184.O6 A8258 1996.
Japanese-American internment in World War II (camps listed with statistics, sample Loyalty Questionnaire questions, protests, fingerprinting and 442d picture, etc. by date, p. 65-83.
Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act, p. 86
Ng, Franklin ed. The Asian American Encyclopedia. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995. Ref E184.O6 A827 1995 v. 1 - 6.
Use the index (v. 6) to find mention of or articles on Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study, Evacuation Claims Act of 1948, Internment Memorial, renunciants, internment, and Japanese Americans in the military.
Straub, Deborah Gillan, ed. Asian American Voices. Detroit: UXL, 1997. Ref E184.O6 A842 1997.
Read the section on Japanese American Internment for issues related to World War II, the U.S. Constitution, the armed forces, civil rights, ethnic stereotyping, social unrest, discrimination, p. 63-207.
Use the excellent table of contents or index to find these topics.
Natividad, Irene, and Susan B. Gall. eds. Asian American Almanac. [Detroit, MI]: U.X.L, 1996. Ref E184.O6.A823 1996.
Japanese Americans: World War II and Internment; House of Representative Debate on the Civil Liberties Act of 1988; Redress for Internment p. 25-30.
Executive Order 9066, 1942. Public Proclamation, 1942, Public Law 503, 1942 p. 56-60.
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act, 1980 and Civil Liberties Act, 1988 and Public Law 100-383, p. 63-66.
Japanese Americans in World War II, p. 222-223.
Phillips, Charles, and Alan Axelrod, eds. Encyclopedia of the American West. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1996 Ref F591.E485 1996 v. 2.
Leonard, Kevin Allen. "Japanese Internment." Family relationships, pictures of family, p.773-775.
Phillips, Charles, and Patricia Hogan. "Japanese Americans." Discusses events in the Japanese-American community leading up to internment, 769-773.
Roth, John K. Encyclopedia of Social Issues. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1997. Ref HN57.E59 1997 v. 3 and Ref HN57.E59 1997 v. 4
"Japanese American internment," p. 893-894, v. 3.
"Korematsu v. United States," p. 929-930, v. 4.
Bankston, Carl L., and R. Kent Rasmussen, eds. Encyclopedia of Family Life. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1999. Ref HQ534.E53 1999 v. 3.
Ward, Annita Marie. "Japanese Americans: World War II Internment," p. 782-786.
Reef, Catherine. Childhood in America. New York: Facts on File, 2002. Ref HQ792.U5.R345 2002.
"World War II: Children on the American Home Front: 1939-1945: Forced Exclusion," p. 219-222.
Ponzetti, James J., ed. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. 2 ed. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2003. Ref HQ9.E52 2003 v. 1.
Adler, Susan Matoba. "Asian-American Families." Contains a short description of the "overt example of institutional racism" and picture of a Japanese American family awaiting internment, p. 82-90.
Buhle, Mari Jo, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Left. 2 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, Ref HX86.E58 1998.
Ichioka, Yuji. "Japanese Americans." Treats labor and socialist organizations and Japanese Americans. "The American Communist Party suspended all Japanese American Party members and their spouses and supported the mass internment of all Japanese Americans," p. 394-395.
Sigler, Jay A., ed. Civil Rights in America: 1500 to the Present. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Ref JC599.U5.S53 1998.
"Asian American Civil Rights." A good overview of Japanese American internment, including the loss of civil rights, loss of property, conditions, schooling, loyalty questions, army recruitment, and the 442nd Battalion; photographs include children in the camps, anti-Japanese propaganda poster, and loss of property, p. 34-43.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. St. Paul: West Group, 1998. Ref KF154.W47 1997 v. 4.
"Equal Protection: Racial Classifications Surviving Judicial Scrutiny," p. 285.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. St. Paul: West Group, 1998. Ref KF154.W47 1997 v. 6 .
Subjects concerning: Japanese American evacuation cases, history of internment, movement to redress victims, and Supreme Court challenges, such as Korematsu v. United States, p. 238-243, 285, 355-357.
Mikula, Mark, and L. Mpho Mabunda, eds. Great American Court Cases: Volume III: Equal Protection and Family Law. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Ref KF385.A4.G68 1999 v.3.
"Hirabayashi v. United States," p. 93-99.
Johnson, John W., ed. Historic U.S. Court Cases 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1992. Ref KF385.A4.J64 1992.
Finkelman, Paul. "Race and Gender in American Law: The Japanese Interment Cases," p. 441-448.
Levy, Leonard W., Kenneth L. Carst, and Dennis J. Mahoney, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. New York: Macmillan, 1986. Ref KF4548.E53 1986 v. 3.
Karst, Kenneth L. "Japanese American Cases," p. 1010-1012.
Vance, Jonathan F., ed. Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Ref UB800.E53 2000.
"...presents nearly 300 entries that survey the history of prisoners of
war and interned civilians from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis
on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."
Krammer, Arnold C. "Civilian Internees—World War II—North America," p. 54-57.
Vance, Jonathan F. "Civilian Internees—World War II," p. 51-52.
Other articles may be of use, if you wish to compare other internment camps with Japanese-American internment camps.
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