Japanese in Southern California "A History of 70 Years

[Los Angeles]: Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, 1960. Very good.. [1],34,756,[1],67,xi,[2]pp., plus eleven pages of photographic plates. Quarto. Original limp green cloth, gilt spine titles. Minor rubbing and dust-soiling to boards, small bump to top edge, spine titles a bit worn and faded. Internally clean. A massive and detailed historical account of the Japanese American experience in Southern California, issued by the region's Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The work is printed in both Japanese and English, with chapters on Japanese immigration, local Japanese associations, various industries engaged in by Japanese immigrants in California, the experiences of both Issei and Nisei, histories of religion, sports, the internment period, post-internment period, and more between 1885 and 1960. The Japanese section includes numerous photographs featuring prominent Japanese-American businesspeople, organizations, scenes of agricultural labor, and more interspersed throughout the text. The eleven photographic plates preceding the Japanese section picture Japanese areas of southern California, scenes of industry and business, various notices relating anti-Japanese sentiment in the area, group shots of Japanese-American businesses and associations, prominent Japanese-American business figures, and more. A significant and dense history of the Japanese-American experience in Southern California, somewhat well represented institutionally, but rare in commerce.