Sawtelle: West Los Angeles's Japantown - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack Fujimoto, Japanese Institute of SawtelleSeries:Images of AmericaTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Southern California, Cultural Region/West Coast, Cultural Region/Western U.S., Ethnic Orientation/Japanese, Geographic Orientation/California, Locality/Los Angeles-Long Beach, CAPublish date:10/1/2007Pages:128
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9780738547978ISBN-10:0738547972UPC:9780738547978Book Category:History, Social Science, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies, HistoricalSize:9.20 x 7.27 x 0.35 inchesWeight:0.322Product ID:SC8WX6AK57
A 1.48-square-mile piece of unincorporated Los Angeles County when it was annexed by the City of Los Angeles in 1922, tiny Sawtelle has lived very large in the hearts and minds of Japanese Americans. Their homes, livelihoods, religions, businesses, langua
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9780738547978ISBN-10:0738547972UPC:9780738547978Book Category:History, Social Science, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies, HistoricalSize:9.20 x 7.27 x 0.35 inchesWeight:0.322Product ID:SC8WX6AK57
Author Jack Fujimoto, Ph.D., is a 50-year resident of Sawtelle. He has been president of the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle and its Japanese language school for more than a decade. He has also served as president of the West L.A. Buddhist Temple, the Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California, and several community colleges. He was the first Nisei to head a mainland U.S. college when he became president of Sacramento City College in 1977.
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