From Internment to `Model Minority': The Reintegration of Japanese Americans in United States Society after World War Two

Andrews, Jenna Lee

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From Internment to `Model Minority': The Reintegration of Japanese Americans in United States Society after World War Two Open Access

Japanese Americans after World War Two faced a myriad of challenges and problems with did not disappear as quickly as the well-known "model minority" narrative would have us believe. This thesis is an attempt to present a more detailed exploration of Japanese American resettlement from August 1945 through 1958.