Japanese Americans of the South Bay (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738559612)

Early-20th-century settlers in Los Angeles County's South Bay region found fallow rancho land worthy of cultivation, as well as roads and railways to move produce to markets. First-generation Japanese Issei immigrants became pioneering strawberry, vegetable, and flower growers and cannery fishermen. Their fields blanketed the landscape between oil derricks and along sloughs and the dry-farmed coastline. Families pooled resources and built Japanese language schools for their Americanborn Nisei children that doubled as meeting halls. Small mom-and-pop businesses and services sprang up in Gardena and elsewhere, catering to Japanese neighborhoods. The evacuation, detention, and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II devastated their sense of belonging and livelihoods that had taken 40 years to establish. Today South Bay is home to multigenerational Japanese and Asian Americans who continue that legacy of industry, beautification, and diversity.

Author: Dale Ann Sato, Japanese American Historical Mapping Pro
ISBN-10: 073855961X
ISBN-13: 9780738559612
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.50d