During World War II thousands of Japanese immigrants were incarcerated in prison camps; yet in the 1980s Asian immigrants outnumbered Europeans 6:1. What caused this turnaround in immigration policy? How did one of the most racist nations in the world become one of the most welcoming?
J.M. Bumsted is professor of history at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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