Sawtelle: West Los Angeles's Japantown

by Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California, Jack Fujimoto, Japanese Institute of Sawtelle

Book Overview

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, language, and other ethnocentric and social involvements are rooted in the area, with the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle as the cultural nexus. Bisected by Sawtelle Boulevard, this particular Japantown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738547972
• ISBN13: 9780738547978
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"