The Politics of Racism

Ann Gomer Sunahara's comprehensive history of the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War is available as a free PDF download or HTML pages.

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Forward to the 1981 Edition
Introduction
1: November 1941
2: The Decision to Uproot Japanese Canadians
3: Expulsion
4: Exile
5: Dispossession
6: Deportation
7: Fighting Deportation
8: Seeking Civil Rights and Compensation
Conclusion: The Seeds of Repression
Afterward: Redress
Tables
Bibliography

Other Resources:

The website www.japanesecanadianhistory.net is a companion to resource books on the internment of Japanese Canadians and the attainment of redress in 1988. The site was developed as a teachers' and students' resource guide.