{"product_id":"cruising-j-town-oliver-wang-9781626401358","title":"Cruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visual history of Japanese American car culture in Los Angeles, from gardeners' trucks and family sedans to hot rods and race cars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eCruising J-Town\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterviews and oral histories chronicle the people and stories behind how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes throughout the region. \u003ci\u003eCruising J-Town\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with vintage and contemporary photographs, drawings and ephemera that bring the story to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626401357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626401358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Angel City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.06lbs","brand":"Oliver Wang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795525947647,"sku":"9781626401358","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f7268a6-b641-413b-99a6-cfe0d218ef55.jpg?v=1744947875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cruising-j-town-oliver-wang-9781626401358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}