Music in Japanese American Concentration Camps

Autor: Minako Waseda
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire. :113-123
ISSN: 2506-6390
2031-4183
DOI: 10.4000/temoigner.5765
Popis: The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i on 7 December 1941 triggered war between Japan and the U.S. The event forced people of Japanese ancestry living in the U.S. into a difficult situation. Not only Japanese nationals, but also their children born and raised in the U.S. suddenly became the target of suspicion, fear, and hostility. Responding to calls for the removal of “enemy aliens”, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 in 1942, authorizing the incarceration of a total of ...
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