Japanese Americans

Japanese Americans
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9780813544335
ISBN-13 : 0813544335
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Book Synopsis Japanese Americans by : Paul R. Spickard

Download or read book Japanese Americans written by Paul R. Spickard and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1855, nearly half a million Japanese immigrants have settled in the United States, and today more than twice that number claim Japanese ancestry. While these immigrants worked hard, established networks, and repeatedly distinguished themselves as entrepreneurs, they also encountered harsh discrimination. Nowhere was this more evident than on the West Coast during World War II, when virtually the entire population of Japanese Americans was forced into internment camps solely on the basis of ethnicity.


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