New deal public works at war: The WPA and Japanese American Internment

Pacific Historical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-92

  Smith, Jason Scott ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCED MIGRATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RELOCATION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038067738     PISSN: 00308684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/phr.2003.72.1.63     Document Type: Article

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