2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Racial Discrimination and the 'Yellow Peril' in the American Military
| Project/Area Number |
23652168
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 黄禍論 / 米軍 / 人種 / アジア系アメリカ人 / インティジェンス |
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| Research Abstract |
This project is about the Yellow Peril as seen in the American military (Army and Navy) and how that idea changed over timefrom the 1920s to World War II. It finds that the influence of Yellow Peril thinkingwas minimal due in part to the changing perception of threats against national security and may not have played such a large role in the military’s decision to mass intern Japanese Americans in 1942.
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