{"product_id":"righting-canadas-wrongs-japanese-canadian-internment-in-the-second-world-war-30883","title":"Righting Canada's Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an illustrated history of the wartime internment of Japanese Canadian residents of British Columbia. At the time when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians numbered well over 20,000. With war came wartime hysteria. Japanese Canadian residents of BC were rounded up, their homes and property seized, and forced to move to internment camps with inadequate housing, water, and food. Men and older boys went to road camps while some families ended up on farms where they were essentially slave labour. Eventually, after years of pressure, the Canadian government admitted that the internment was wrong and apologized for it.      This book uses a wide range of historical photographs, documents, and images of museum artefacts to tell the story of the internment. The impact of these events is underscored by first-person narrative from five Japanese Canadians who were themselves youths at the time their families were forced to move to the camps.    The Righting Canada's Wrongs series is an excellent resource for class discussion and historical perspective-taking.  While it does contain images, graphics, quotes, and propaganda from the time period which may raise concern out of context, within the milieu of historical thinking the images are powerful and thought provoking. To this end, teachers are advised to familiarize themselves with the settings of these books and use them within a responsible and considered environment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nova Scotia School Book Bureau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43664618946620,"sku":null,"price":27.96,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3677\/6508\/files\/9781552778531.jpg?v=1762977238","url":"https:\/\/nssbb.ednet.ns.ca\/fr\/products\/righting-canadas-wrongs-japanese-canadian-internment-in-the-second-world-war-30883","provider":"Nova Scotia School Book Bureau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}