"Japanese American Internment Historical Perspective" - Japanese Collection

Japanese Collection

Colloquium for History Majors: "Japanese American Internment Historical Perspective"

16A:051:004

Fall 2006

Professor Stephen Vlastos

Prepared by Chiaki Sakai, Japanese Studies Librarian (chiaki-sakai@uiowa.edu)

- Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Iowa

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