Articles

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Nakamura, Kelli Y. "Violence and Press Incendiarism": Media and Labor Conflicts in the 1909 Strike." Hawaiian Journal Of History 45, (November 2011): 69. MainFile, EBSCOhost (accessed March 10, 2015).

According to the author, the 1909 strike reflected tensions between Hawaii's Japanese and white communities. It is suggested that the responses of planters and local authorities to the strike established precedents for the suppression of later strikes and for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Particular focus is given to the role of the media in the strike.

• Rosenfeld, Alan. "An Everlasting Scar": Civilian Internment on Wartime Kaua'i." Hawaiian Journal Of History 45, (November 2011): 123. MainFile, EBSCOhost (accessed March 10, 2015).

The article discusses the internment of civilians on the Hawaiian Islands during World War II, with a particular focus on the Isle of Kaua'i. Details related to the social and economic effects of civilian internment on individuals, communities, and families are also presented.

• Shaffer, Robert. "Opposition to Internment: Defending Japanese American Rights During World War II." Historian 61, no. 3 (Spring 99 1999): 597. Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost (accessed March 10, 2015).

Focuses on the defense of Japanese American rights during World War II and the role of Japanese missionaries in opposing internment.  Description of former US President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066.