Cruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles?explores how generations of Japanese Americans in Southern California shaped, and were shaped by, local automobile cultures and industries: from desert lakebeds to concrete speedways, gas stations to design centers, souped-up import tuners to humble gardening trucks. Along the way, cars and trucks became literal and figurative vehicles for Japanese American self-expression, social mobility, community identity, and much more. Cruising J-Town is driven to explore how these diverse relationships between people and the world of cars have steered the Nikkei community’s American stories across the generations.
| ISBN | 9781626401358 |
| Autor(a) | Wang, Oliver |
| Editora | Angel City Press At Los Angeles Public L |
| Ano de edição | 2025 |
| Páginas | 276 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |
| Dimensões | 26,20 X 20,80 |