What to Teach about Historical Minorities? - Analysis of the Case of Japanese American Internment in the U.S. History Curriculum Materials -

In 1942 more than 110,000 persons of Japanese origin living on the U.S. West Coast were forcibly sent away to ten internment camps for one to three years. This paper studies how internees’ careers were affected in the long run. Combining Census data, camp records, and survey data, I develop a predictor of a person’s internment status based on Census observables. Using a difference-in-differences framework, I find that internment had long-run positive effects on earnings. The evidence is consistent with mechanisms related to increased mobility due to re-optimization of occupation and location choices, possibly facilitated by camps’ high economic diversity.

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Early Life Conditions and Adult Outcomes: Evidence from Japanese American Internment

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1932111 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Martin Hugo Saavedra

Keyword(s):

Early Life ◽

Japanese American ◽

Adult Outcomes ◽

Japanese American Internment ◽

Life Conditions ◽

Early Life Conditions

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Habeas Corpus Today

10.1093/oso/9780199856664.003.0012 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Amanda L. Tyler

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Terrorist Attacks ◽

The Political ◽

Japanese American ◽

Habeas Corpus ◽

World War ◽

Japanese American Internment ◽

Guantanamo Bay ◽

Executive Authority ◽

Enemy Combatant

The experience of World War II and the precedent of the Japanese American internment dramatically altered the political and legal landscape surrounding habeas corpus and suspension. This chapter discusses Congress’s enactment of the Emergency Detention Act of 1950 along with its repeal in 1971. It further explores how in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, questions over the scope of executive authority to detain prisoners in wartime arose anew. Specifically, this chapter explores the Supreme Court’s sanctioning of the concept of the “citizen-enemy combatant” in its 2004 decision in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and evaluates Hamdi against historical precedents. Finally, the chapter explores how Hamdi established the basis for an expansion of the reach of the Suspension Clause in other respects—specifically, to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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