"Written in 1946 as one of the final reports of ... the War Relocation Authority."

Prologue -- The process of scapegoating -- A west coast dilemma -- The evacuated people -- Moving in -- Impact of the relocation centers -- The administrative staff -- Evacuee and caucasian -- Work and wages -- A world of rumor -- The blocks: foundations of community life -- Community cross currents -- The outside -- Crises -- Being sorted -- Registration-a new crisis -- An emerging framework of community life -- The sorting -- Fruits of segregation -- Settling dow -- Programs-government and evacuee -- Evacuee orientations -- Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations -- The center way of life -- Tule Lake -- Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement -- Getting out -- Holding the centers -- The stake in America -- Disintegration of the centers -- Confusion at Tule Lake -- Epilogue -- The journey continued -- The journey back -- Discontinuities and continuities.