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The Enemy That Never Was

A History of the Japanese Canadians

Ken Adachi

with Afterwords by Roger Daniels and Audrey Kobayashi

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Table of Contents

  • Home
  • Preface
  • Dedication
  • Interior Relocation Camps Map
  • One: First Contacts
  • Two: Confrontations
  • Three: The Riot of 1907
  • Four: Picture Brides
  • Five: Becoming a Foreigner
  • Six: Paring A Surfeit
  • Seven: Generations
  • Eight: A Low, Dishonest Decade
  • Nine: The Time of Decision
  • Ten: Scapegoats And Victims
  • Eleven: Exile
  • Twelve: The New Frontier
  • Thirteen: Judgements
  • Fourteen: Still A Yellow Peril
  • Fifteen: “A Blessing in Disguise?”
    • Afterword (1991): The Struggle for Redress by Roger Daniels
    • Afterword (2025): by Audrey Kobayashi
  • Photos
    • Appendix I: Immigration And Population
    • Appendix II: Select Statistics On Evacuation And Deportation
    • Appendix III: The War Measures Act
    • Appendix IV: The National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 1945
    • Appendix V: Authorizing Minister Of National Defence To Evacuate Japanese Nationals
    • Appendix VI: Authorizing Minister Of Justice To Evacuate All Persons Of The Japanese Race
    • Appendix VII: Regulations Of Minister Of Justice Implementing The Evacuation
    • Appendix VIII: The Powers Of The British Columbia Security Commission
    • Appendix IX: Management And Liquidation Of Property
    • Appendix X: Notice For Dispersal East Of The Rockies
    • Appendix XI: Authorizing The Deportation Of Persons Of Japanese Race
    • Appendix XII: Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King On The Question Of Loyalty
    • Appendix XIII: Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson On the Evacuation
    • Appendix XIV: Acknowledgement
    • Appendix XV: Contribution Agreement
    • Appendix XVI: Toronto Star, Sept. 24, 1988
  • Select Bibliography
  • Ken Adachi biography

The Enemy That Never Was: A History of the Japanese Canadians
Copyright © 2024 The Estate of Ken Adachi
Copyright © 1991 The Estate of Ken Adachi
Copyright © 1976 The National Japanese Canadian Citizens Association
Afterword copyright © 2025 Audrey Kobayashi
Afterword copyright © 1991 Roger Daniels

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