The War Relocation Authority (12 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the administrative intricacies of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), a U.S. government agency established during World War II to oversee the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans. The author meticulously examines the WRA's complex structure, policies, and procedures, offering a comprehensive account of the agency's management and operations. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of wartime anxieties and racial prejudice, exploring the challenges faced by the WRA in balancing national security concerns with the civil liberties of those under its jurisdiction. The author delves into critical aspects of the WRA's work, including the establishment and administration of relocation centers, the intricacies of evacuee employment and leave procedures, and the eventual closure of the centers. Through detailed accounts of budgetary constraints, personnel management, and logistical hurdles, the book sheds light on the WRA's efforts to navigate a politically charged and rapidly evolving situation. The author's insights provide a nuanced understanding of the WRA's role in one of the most controversial chapters of American history, revealing the complexities and challenges of balancing administrative efficiency with humanitarian considerations in times of crisis. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. The final report on the relocation, internment, and incarceration of Japanese immigrants and of Japanese Americans following the Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. While the book's chronology begins in January 1942, the chapter called "The Price of Prejudice" notes that the FBI reported on December 11 that more than 1200 Japanese aliens had already been arrested. This report, like many of the post-War publications by the staff of the War Relocation Authority, is critical of the decision to intern the Japanese and is sympathetic to the hardships Japanese and Japanese Americans faced. The book also covers the little-remembered activities of the Farm Security Administration and the Federal Reserve Bank, which was responsible for internees' property. xvi, 212 pages. Illustrated with halftone photographs. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the original printed wrappers.

[28p. including covers], staplebound pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, covers mildly worn with some corner creases. Illustrated with black and white photos of Japanese Americans in military service; includes reprints of newspaper columns. A celebration of the contributions of Japanese American servicemen in the 442nd Combat Team, published even as some of their relatives remained in internment camps back home.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition. [24pp]. Publisher's original pictorial stapled wraps, photo-illustrated throughout. Near Fine with light creasing, light wear and toning.Nisei is a Japanese term used in North and South American meaning "second generation," specifically referring to ethnically Japanese children born in the Americas to Japanese-born parents who immigrated there. This pamphlet details the heroic acts of the two Japanese-American combat units in World War II, the 442nd Combat Team and the 100th Battalion. A scarce pamphlet issued by the War Relocation Authority, the American governmental agency overseeing the mass internment of Japanese-Americans, often mentioning relocation camps, making note of soldiers who volunteered directly from them to join the US Army.

A substantial archive of over 300 individual documents, plus a few duplicates, relating to Japanese internment during WWII, forming a very thorough view of the federal agency that directed their imprisonment, The War Relocation Authority. Such a sizeable collection of WRA documents is extremely rare in commerce. All the major facets of the dark, disturbing episode of Japanese internment are represented in this archive: its basic legal and historical outlines, the WRA's publicity and propaganda and its reception in the US, the WRA's groundbreaking use of social sciences in service of repressive American policies, life and death in the camps, and the ending of internment. The essential history of internment can be said to begin with Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9102 establishing the War Relocation Authority, included in mimeograph format. Around that time and later an Index-Digest of Opinions by the Office of the Solicitor compiles legal opinions about internment with commentary by regional attorneys. Additionally included are many of the WRA's quarterly and semi-annual reports, as well as a nearly 300-page contemporary history of the agency by an unknown author, untitled and likely written in late 1944. The publicity campaigns of the agency are reflected in collections of the propaganda leaflets the WRA issued, a near-complete run of the abstracts the WRA prepared on press coverage it faced, mimeographed speeches presented by WRA head Dillon S. Myer and other agency figures, and a file of documents relating to the WRA's investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), which would become famous under Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s. The WRA's sensitivity to criticism is readily apparent, especially in their robust reaction to HUAC's critiques. One of the most controversial sections of the WRA, the Community Analysis Section, is heavily represented in this archive by near-complete runs of their Community Analysis and Project Analysis Reports. The Community Analysis Section was largely composed of social scientists, primarily anthropologists, who studied life in America's WWII concentration camps. Their aim was to aid Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration in running the camps with as little resistance as possible by applying lessons learned in the disciplines of Japan studies and the human sciences. Although some Community Analysts voiced objections within restricted internal communications, few brought these objections before the American public. Throughout the next six decades anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists would become increasingly integral in US military operations and counterinsurgency campaigns, leading to controversy with the revelation of their complicity in acts of torture by the American military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Life and death in the camps is revealed in the previously mentioned reports of the Community Analysis Section, as well as in detailed reports of Americans of Japanese ancestry who died in the camps and in military service Cumulative Casualties by Center, documents about Tule Lake and a death there. The thoroughness of these reports is undoubtedly of use to future historians looking into various rebellions within the camps and the repression which followed, as well as deaths of Nissei in WWII. A smaller collection of documents outlines the closing of the camps and attempts to transition their residents back to normal life. Most are stapled mimeographed documents; a few are carbon copy typescripts,as indicated in their descriptions. Very Good condition overall. Around ten of the documents are ex-library copies with their stamps and "discard" written on them. Occasional holograph notations for routing in the WRA bureaucracy. Some documents marked "Confidential" and "Do Not Publish." Manuscript annotations to some leaves. A remarkable collection of documents that reveal not only what the WRA did, but how its bureaucrats perceived it and themselves. There.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printings. Seven titles: Wartime Exile, 167pp.; Impounded People, 239pp.; The Relocation Program, 105pp; Administrative Highlights of the WRA Program, 82pp.; Token Shipment, 104pp.; The Evacuated People, 200pp.; People in Motion, 270pp. Good. Wraps worn, some soiled, foxed, chipped or stained; People in Motion has a long tear to the rear cover. Handwritten titles on spines, which are also creased and chipped with loss to spine ends. Pages toned, sometimes creased. Rare documents of the American government's official record of its WWII internment of people of Japanese descent, one of the most controversial official programs in American history, as reported by the War Relocation Authority. The WRA managed the forced confinement of people of Japanese ancestry in America during World War II, as well as their return to civilian life with the commencement of the war.

Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition. [iv], 59 pp. Gray stapled wraps. Very Good+ with light wear, crease to final page. A rare legal history of the War Relocation Authority, which managed the forced confinement of people of Japanese ancestry in America during World War II, as well as their return to civilian life with the commencement of the war. It outlines the government response to the Korematsu case as well as the entire program's overall claims to constitutionality.

Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. [iv], 82 pp. Gray stapled wraps. Good with closed tear to top of front wrap and first page, very slightly to following page; wraps toned and lightly worn; former owner's name written on front cover. A rare history of the War Relocation Authority, which managed the forced confinement of people of Japanese ancestry in America during World War II, as well as their return to civilian life with the commencement of the war.