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United States of Japan

Decades ago, Japan won the Second World War. Americans worship their infallible Emperor, and nobody believes that Japan's conduct in the war was anything but exemplary...&c

Vegetable Problem

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stated that Japanese American farmers should not be evacuated because they were necessary for the production of vegetables, and so they should be allowed to remain and kept under guard by military…

Let's Learn about Silk

Describes the discovery and development of silk, the life and work of the silk worm, and the uses and varieties of silk thread.

For Tolerance

A lette writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer asked for tolerance for all people affected by World War Ii, especially minority people who seemed to be treated like lesser people from the observations of the writer while she was hospitalized.

The Shirt on Your Back: Immigrant Workers and the Reorganization of the Garment Industry

An article summarizing the history of the garment industry in the U.S., the reasons why manufacturers to move their factories to export-processing zones, and the patterns of the garment industry and sweatshop production.