The Zoot Suit Riots [[electronic resource] /] / by Kevin Hillstrom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461895003321
• Autore: Hillstrom Kevin <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Detroit, Mich., : Omnigraphics, 2012
• ISBN: 1-78402-543-7; 0-7808-1287-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Collana: Defining moments
• Disciplina: 306.0979494
• Soggetti: Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943; Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions - 20th century; Violence - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations; Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""How To Use This Book""; ""Research Topics for Defining Moments: The Zoot Suit Riots""; ""Narrative Overview""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter One Caught in the Currents of Empire and Conquest""; ""Chapter Two Rising Tensions in California""; ""Chapter Three A City on Edge""; ""Chapter Four The Trial of the 38th Street Boys""; ""Chapter Five The Zoot Suit Riots""; ""Chapter Six Release from Prison""; ""Chapter Seven Legacy of the Zoot Suit Riots""; ""Biographies""; ""Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968)""; ""Jose Diaz (1919-1942)""; ""Charles William Fricke (1882-1958)""""Alice Greenfield (1917-2009)""; ""Henry Hank Leyvas (1923-1971)""; ""Carey McWilliams (1905-1980)""; ""Edward Roybal (1916-2005)""; ""George Shibley (1910-1989)""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Anglo Squatters Swarm Mexican-Owned Haciendas in California""; ""Examples of Anti-Mexican Discrimination in 1930's America""; ""Depression-Era Los Angeles Targets Mexicans for Repatriation""; ""A Los Angeles Police Officer Issues a Racist Report on the Mexican Element""; ""Courtroom Clashes between Fricke and ; Shibley""; ""Trying to Survive the Zoot Suit Riots""""Mexican-American Activists Assess the Causes of the Zoot Suit Riots""; ""The Los Angeles Times Attacks Eleanor Roosevelt's Stance on the Riots""; ""New Hispanic Hopes and Dreams in the Post-World War II Era""; ""From the Barrio to a German POW Camp and Back""; ""A Landmark Legal Decision for Mexican Americans""; ""Honoring the Heritage and Contributions of Hispanic Americans""; ""Important People, Places, and Terms""; ""Chronology""; ""Sources for Further Study""; ""Bibliography""; ""Photo and Illustration Credits""; ""Index""