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English
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A collection of photographs of the internment of Japanese Americans at the beginning of World War Two taken by noted documentary photographer Dorothea Lange, along with essays that provides a biography of Lange and the effects of internment on the Japanese community.
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CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"More than 110,000 ethnic Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes at the start of World War II and transported to desolate detention centers after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in early 1942. Paul Kitagaki's parents and grandparents were part of that group, but they never talked about their experience. To better understand, Kitagaki tracked down the subjects of more than sixty photographs taken by Dorothea...
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CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it was documented on film. Cahan and Williams provide a visual history which includes interviews with many of the people reflecting on their experiences.