Inside the Interpretive Center, Manzanar Historic Site, Independence, CA
OWWCC Suggested Readings & Resources
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Daniels, Roger. Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II. 1993. Hill and Wang: 2004.
Daniels, Roger, Sandra C. Taylor, and Harry H. L. Kitano, eds. Japanese Americans: From Relocation to Redress. Revised ed. University of Washington Press: 2001.
Fugita, Stephen S., and David J. O'Brien. 1991. Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community. University of Washington Press: 1994.
Inada, Lawson Fusao, ed. Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience. Hayday Books: 2000.
Ishizuka, Karen L. Lost and Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration. University of Illinois Press: 2006.
James, Thomas. Exile Within: The Schooling of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945. Harvard College: 1987.
Neiwert, David A. Strawberry Days: How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community. Palgrave Macmillan: 2005.
Otsuka, Julie. When the Emperor Was Divine. Anchor Books: 2002.
Seigel, Shizue. In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese Americans During the Internment. AACP, Inc.: 2006.
Takaki, Ronald. A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, With Voices. Little, Brown and Company: 1998.
Woodward, Mary. In Defense of Our Neighbors: the Walt and Milly Woodward Story. Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community: 2008.
Student Literature
Cooper, Michael L. Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp. Clarion Books: 2002.
Cooper, Michael L. Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II. Clarion Books: 2000
Hayami, Stanley. Stanley Hayami, Nisei Son. Brick Tower Press: 2008.
Mochizuki, Ken, and Dom Lee. Baseball Saved Us. Lee & Low Books, Inc.: 1993.
Okada, John. No-No Boy. 1976. University of Washington Press: 1979.
Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference. Scholastic, Inc.: 2006.
Audio and Video
Farewell to Manzanar, 1976 Made for TV Movie, now available on DVD
A More Perfect Union, Japanese Americans and the Constitution, Smithsonian Institution
Beyond Barbed Wire, Stateman Journal (about Salem, OR)
Organizations
Japanese American National Museum
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
Manzanar National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service
Minidoka National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
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