From concentration camp to campus : Japanese American students and World War II / Allan W. Austin.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2001.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Creating the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council -- Living in hope and working on faith, summer 1942 -- In "Free America," Fall 1942-Summer 1943 -- Change and new challenges in a World at War, Fall 1943-Summer 1944 -- Closing down and saying Sayonara, 1944-46 -- Memory and the meaning of student resettlement -- Appendix 1. Attendees at May 29, 1942 Meeting in Chicago -- Appendix 2. Attendees at September 29, 1943, Meeting in New York City.

In the aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the systematic exile and incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was born. Created to facilitate the movement of Japanese American college students from concentration camps to colleges away from the West Coast, this privately organized and funded agency helped more than 4,000 incarcerated students pursue higher education at more than 600 schools during WWII. Austin argues that the resettled students transformed the attempts at assimilation to create their own meanings and suit their own purposes, and succeeded in reintegrating themselves into the wider American society without sacrificing their connections to community and their Japanese cultural heritage.

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