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Internment of U.S.Japanese Residents in WWII, 2001.
Military rationale. Issues of discrimination, civil liberties. Presidential proclamations & Supreme Court rulings.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, £ 44.95
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"During World War II, the United States interned Japanese residents of the Western states in internment camps such as that at Manzanar in California. The reason was indicated in Executive Order 9066, signed in 1942 by President Roosevelt to give authority to the War Department to define military areas in the western states and to exclude anyone who might be seen as threatening the war effort (Houston and Houston xi-xii). Japanese living in the Western states were seen as potential subversives and were summarily removed to camps to prevent this. The camps operated until after the surrender of Japan, though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled at the end of 1944 that loyal citizens could not be held in detention camps against their will (Houston and Houston, 1973, xii). The United States was wrong to place any Japanese who had not committed any offense into..."
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Japanese-American Internment in the U.S., 1978.
This paper discusses Japanese-American Internment in the U.S. from 1942 To 1946: The Santa Anita Assembly Center, Manzanar Relocation Center, origins and functions, legalities,security vs. racism question and Japanese-American loss of rights and propert
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, £ 56.95
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"The purpose of this research is to analyze the origins and functions of the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Manzanar Relocation Center as used in the internment of Japanese-Americans from 1942 to 1946.
Three months after Pearl Harbor, General DeWitt, Commanding General of the Western Defense Command, designated Military Area 1 as including the three Pacific coastal states and the southern half of Arizona. Japanese aliens were to be excluded from this area. A period of voluntary evacuation began:
On March 30, three thousand people of Japanese ancestry were ordered to evacuate the Terminal Island area in Los Angeles Harbor by April 5 and
move to the assembly center at Santa Anita.. ... "
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International Migration and the U.K. Economy, 2004.
An extensive analysis of the impact of international migration on the U.K. economy.
9,031 words (approx. 36.1 pages), 30 sources, MLA, £ 132.95
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This paper claims that immigration is a political problem on the minds of every destination country's citizens. The paper proposes that abundant in-migration is responsible for a variety of economic and societal ills in the developed nations. The paper explains that this issue is often discussed in the United Kingdom. The paper looks at the current view of immigration in the U.K. The paper examines government figures regarding the profiles of immigrant populations and discusses the findings of other researchers regarding the components of the current viewpoint of the negative or positive status of immigration into Britain in 2005.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction and Statement of Problem
Factors Contributing to the Immigration Issue
Two Competing Viewpoints
Definitions
Hypothesis
Chapter Two: Review of the Literature
General Studies
Ethnic Groups and Economics
Overpopulation
Ethnicity
Social Programmes
Legislation and Policy
Violence and Terrorism
In Favour of In-Migration
Chapter Three: Methodology
Chapter Four: Findings
Ethnicity
Religion by Ethnic Group
The Immigrants
Country of Birth
Crime
Health
Chapter Five: Discussion
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"In an era of globalisation, the question of immigration would seem to be moot; however, it is anything but that. As governments grapple with ways to accommodate their original citizens with new ones, the issue of immigration has taken on a more, rather than less, cogent appearance. Indeed, in many places, immigration hard-liners have been responding to the coming and going across national borders with varieties of 'hardliner' responses. In 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen exploited the issue to run second in France's presidential elections; in the Netherlands, straight talk on the issue by the late Pim Fortuyns forced the government into a coalition with his party. This strong showing suggests that German conservative Edmund Stoiber can maintain power in his party. The politicians have, for the most part, contended that they were responding, with their anti-immigration stances, to public sentiment. "
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Mexican Migration to the U.S., 2006.
This paper examines the various reasons surrounding the increasing migration of Mexican citizens to the United States.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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The writer of this paper traces the migration of Mexican citizens to America back to the 1920s. For nearly 60 years, Mexico has been the primary source of Latin-American immigrants to America. This paper supplies relevant statistics and data pertaining to this specific topic. Recent census reports state that nearly 50% of America's Latino population was born outside the United States. This paper also delves into the large numbers of illegal immigrants residing in America. In 1995, it was reported that Mexicans comprised up to 62% of the illegal immigrant population residing in America. This paper details the main reasons for the influx of Mexicans into America, including the economic disparities and differences in wage structures between the two countries. Due to the lack of economic opportunity in their country of origin, Mexican citizens continue to migrate to the U.S. in unprecedented numbers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Economic Reasons Responsible for Migration of Mexicans to the U.S.
Reasons of Mexican Immigration to the U.S., Manner of Arrival, Different Experiences They Have to go Through and the Psychological Effects
References
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"It is also important that naturalization rates continue to be low for Mexican immigrants compared to other groups currently. Illegal immigration started to take place from 1965 in a tremendous manner. In 1995, as stated in a report, Mexicans comprised up to 62% of the immigrants who came into U.S. by adopting illegal means. Mexican immigration nevertheless cannot be stopped and coping to exist in harmony might be increasingly intricate. Nearly every year recently, the Border Patrol has prevented approximately 1 million immigrants trying to sneak into U.S. employing unlawful means from Mexico. It is normally anticipated that close to 300,000 cross the borders illegally. In case more than 1 million Mexican soldiers infringed the border, Americans will consider it as a major threat to their national security and swing into action they deem fit."
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U.S. Internment Of The Japanese In WWII, 1995.
Argues that the policy was unjust, unjustified, illegal, hysterical, racist and inhumane.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, £ 33.95
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"During World War II, the United States interned Japanese residents of the Western states in internment camps such as that at Manzanar in California. The reason was indicated in Executive Order 9066, signed in 1942 by President Roosevelt to give authority to the War Department to define military areas in the western states and to exclude anyone who might be seen as threatening the war effort (Houston and Houston xi-xii). Japanese living in the Western states were seen as potential subversives and were summarily removed to camps to prevent this. The camps operated until after the surrender of Japan, though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled at the end of 1944 that loyal citizens could not be held in detention camps against their will (Houston and Houston xii). The United States was wrong to place any Japanese who had not committed any offense into these camps ..."
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Japanese Internment, 2007.
This paper discusses the internment of Japanese-Americans following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
3,215 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 65.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 led U.S. government officials to believe that West Coast Japanese residents, especially the Issei and the Nisei population, helped plan the attack. The writer points out that in response, these officials, including U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle, Los Angeles Congressman Leland Ford, and California Attorney General Earl Warren, called for the internment of first-generation Issei people and the second generation, American-born Nisei people in camps where they would spend the rest of the period of World War II. The writer notes that the intent was to prevent them from committing further acts of disloyalty to the U.S. The writer then discusses that, acting on their recommendation, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which evacuated almost 120,000 West Coast residents of Japanese descent from their homes to 10 government War Relocation Authority camps in the West, South and Southwest areas. The writer discusses the treatment of the Japanese internees and looks at the impact of and reactions to the internment.
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"The internment caused them further and deeper losses and sufferings. The internees lost their jobs, social networks, and education as well as work opportunities for being separated from the mainstream of life. The bitterness they felt towards the American government but could not direct to it was instead directed towards one another. There were conflicts between pro-Japanese and pro-American groups. As a result, hundreds of Nisei students who attended schools, like the College of Oberlin in Ohio, left the camps. Some Christian churches helped by taking Nisei people to work for them in the South and Midwest. Around a thousand joined the US military forces as part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Four internees coursed their grievances through the courts and challenged the constitutionality of the relocation order. Their petitions were initially denied. But in December, 1944, the US Supreme Court found the petition of Mitsuye Endo as meritorious and decided that her detention violated her civil rights. In January, 1945, the War Department rescinded the evacuation orders and arranged for the release of the internees."
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Japanese-American Internment, 2007.
An ethnographic survey of Japanese-American internment during the Second World War.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 17 sources, MLA, £ 81.95
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This paper examines the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II by comparing this action with the freedom experienced by German-Americans during the same period. The author questions the inherent racism of Americans that enabled such an occurrence to be legally sanctioned, while German-Americans lived their lives freely, although Hitler and Germany were also enemies of America during World War II. The paper then presents a detailed background of the Japanese immigrant experience in America, contrasting this with the American ideal of freedom and the reality of racism. The experiences of African and Native-Americans are also considered. The paper then describes the actual Japanese internment, which was unprecedented event in American history. The paper further states how the Internment still has an effect on the psyche of the Japanese-American population today. The author concludes that the internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War was one of the great tragedies of American history.
Outline:
Introduction
Background: The Japanese Experience in America
Prejudice Unleashed: The Internment Experience
Conclusion
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" Naturally, the situation was worse the further removed from the Anglo-Saxon ideal a group might chance to be. After the Civil War, the newly reunited nation demanded a huge supply of cheap labor to build its rapidly expanding railroad network. In the West, this labor was provided, to a large extent, by settlers from Japan and China. Labor Contractors, generally Japanese or Chinese themselves actively recruited these workers and brought them to America. They helped to lay the foundations of America's industrial prosperity. White American racial attitudes combined with a nationwide railroad strike in 1877 to create the necessary conditions for a crackdown on Asian immigration. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was soon followed by other, stricter acts, in 1892, 1902, and 1904. And as White America saw little, if any difference, between Japanese and any other Asians, the anti-Chinese immigration laws were followed by a Japanese Exclusion Act in 1907. By 1924, the United States had imposed an almost total ban on all immigration from East Asia, ..."
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WWII Japanese Internment, 2002.
Discusses the element of racism which led to the Americans interning Japanese during the Second World War.
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper argues that some of the actions of the United States were just as morally corrupt as those of the Axis powers during WWII. Similar to the Nazi?s imprisonment of Jews in Europe, the U.S. government imprisoned Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The paper argues that the internment of Japanese was more of an act of racism than actual perceived threat. The author of the paper is of the opinion that the internment of Japanese in 1942 was a decision motivated by race rather than defensive strategy. It chronicles the events leading up to the internment, the presence of racism before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and concludes by comparing the imprisonment of Japanese in America with the current war on terrorism.
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"Racism against the Japanese people living in the U.S. was not a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but rather something that had been built up over time. The media and government for decades before the onset of World War II targeted Japanese and Chinese. California, in particular, passed laws and approved regulations aimed at slowing Japanese immigration into the state (Daniels 10). As early as 1905, California politicians and media were denouncing the Japanese as ?undesirable,? and ?transient? (Daniels 10)."
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The Japanese Internment Camp, 2006.
An overview of the conditions and lasting impact of the Japanese internment in America during World War II.
2,154 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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This paper discusses some background of the Japanese internment of World War II and the impact that the internment had on the American-Japanese population as well as the Japanese nation as a whole. The paper puts particular emphasis on the internees of the Minidoka Camp of South Central Idaho.
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"To fully understand the relocation of Japanese Americans one must understand how these people first came to this foreign land, and how later as they prospered, they came to be the recipients of racial prejudice from their white neighbors. The Japanese first came to America seeking their fortunes. Many worked as itinerate laborers with Californian fruit and Hawaiian sugar cane. As they continued to live in their new land, however, they eventually became businessmen, fishermen, and farmers themselves. In fact, by 1940 the Japanese Americans, despite discriminatory laws, owned 4% of the farmland in California. In 1920, twenty years earlier, they had already brought in 10% of California's agricultural production. "
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Japanese American Internment Camps, 2006.
Details the events before, during and after the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.
1,946 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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Both the United States and Canadian World War II era leadership participated in the internment of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans in an effort to ensure national security. This paper reviews the historical events surrounding the Japanese internment camps of World War II. The paper also examines how Americans learned from their mistakes after this incident.
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"Daily life in these camps was not as difficult or harsh as the work camps of Europe, however the overall happiness, prosperity, and functionality of these Japanese Americans was compromised. These people were forced to live in intimidating circumstances, behind barbed wire fences and surrounded by armed guards (Satsuki, 15). A significant percentage of those interned died from simple illnesses and injury due to inadequate or nonexistent medical care. Internees were shot for allegedly disobeying orders or trying to run away. The conditions were so unpleasant that President Roosevelt himself referred to these locations as "concentration camps" (Gallavan, and Roberts). These camps are filled with overzealous American military personnel who encouraged riots and incited unrest within the facilities."
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Japanese-American Internment, 2002.
A review of the book by Roger Daniels, "Prisoners Without Trials", illustrating the topic of the Japanese-American internment camps.
972 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper analyzes the issue of Japanese-American internment camps, through a review of Roger Daniels' book, "Prisoners Without Trials". The paper discusses the argument that the internment was justified at the time, due to the Japanese-Americans posing a security threat to the United States. This claim is explained as a poor excuse for racism, discrimination and political interest, on the part of the government. The paper continues to describe how the same government eventually admits that the internment was unjustified. The book is portrayed as clearly presenting the background and facts of this episode of racism and placing it in its historical context.
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"The argument that the interment was justified because Japanese Americans posed a threat to the security of the United States ignores the fact that Italian Americans and German Americans were not rounded up and placed in internment camps. This was true despite the fact that Germany and Italy were enemies in World War II along with Japan. The racism of the American government and the people who allowed internment to occur is evident in such a discriminatory decision, for of the three enemies in World War II, only the Japanese stood out in appearance from other Americans. Had Germany and Italy been located in Asia, or Africa, meaning that German Americans and Italian Americans would have appeared "foreign" to Americans, it is likely that German Americans and Italian Americans would have been locked up in internment camps as well."
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Japanese Internment, 2007.
An analysis of the events leading up to and following the internment of Japanese-Americans in America in 1942.
934 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper discusses the internment of Americans of Japanese descent in America in the wake of the attack at Pearl Harbor. The paper discusses the actions that the American government took against Japanese-Americans during World War Two and concludes with how the government in 1990 acknowledged the injustices that were performed and attempted to compensate the families of those Japanese-Americans who were affected.
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"While today some Americans of Japanese descent criticize those who were interred for not showing any resistance, the fact was that the government actions could be quite terrifying. They raided Japanese homes, often without search warrants, under wartime rules that suspended some civil liberties, with some writers describing it as a "reign of terror" (Daniels, p. 206). On page 207, Daniels describes such a search of a home when only a young, teenaged girl was home. They went through the house upturning mattresses and emptying drawers, and then questioned the young girl. Since they found nothing, they did not arrest her, but such actions spread tremendous fear through Japanese-American communities."
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Japanese Internment, 2004.
This paper offers an analysis of the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 56.95
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The paper discusses the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The paper includes a discussion of those who favored and those who opposed the action.
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"Similar to the fear and paranoia directed at Arab-Americans after the terrorist attacks of September, fear and paranoia erupted in American society after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December. The US government took swift action after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Any immigrants arriving in America from Japan were officially classified as enemy aliens. As fear mounted that Japanese citizens of the US would undermine the US war effort, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued the Executive Order."
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Japanese-Americans and Internment Camps, 2002.
A look at the Japanese internment camps during WWII in America.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 9 sources, £ 62.95
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This ten-page paper looks at the treatment of the Japanese Americans prior to and during the second world war. Also looking at the regimental Combat Team known as the 422nd and 100th battalions and their courageous successes during the Second World War.
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