03673nam 2200637Ia 450 991046189500332120200520144314.01-78402-543-70-7808-1287-5(CKB)2670000000276468(EBL)3384062(SSID)ssj0000780384(PQKBManifestationID)11405638(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780384(PQKBWorkID)10785290(PQKB)10261274(MiAaPQ)EBC3384062(Au-PeEL)EBL3384062(CaPaEBR)ebr10622449(OCoLC)817728513(EXLCZ)99267000000027646820120730d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Zoot Suit Riots[electronic resource] /by Kevin HillstromDetroit, Mich. Omnigraphics20121 online resource (230 p.)Defining momentsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7808-1285-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Defining MomentsZoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943Mexican AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial conditions20th centuryViolenceCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryLos Angeles (Calif.)Race relationsLos Angeles (Calif.)Social conditions20th centuryElectronic books.Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.Mexican AmericansSocial conditionsViolenceHistory306.0979494Hillstrom Kevin1963-912586MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461895003321The Zoot Suit Riots2463538UNINA