Removal and Return: The Socio-Economic Effects of the War on Japanese Americans

Removal and Return: The Socio-Economic Effects of the War on Japanese Americans, by Leonard Broom and Ruth Riemer, offers a pioneering sociological account of how World War II and the forced wartime removal reshaped the lives of Japanese Americans. Drawing on census records, government data, and original fieldwork—including community surveys and loss assessments—the authors trace prewar occupational structures, the mass disruption caused by evacuation and incarceration, and the uncertain ad...