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Autore: |
Pagan Eduardo Obregon <1960->
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Titolo: |
Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon : Zoot suits, race, and riot in wartime L.A. / / Eduardo Obregon Pagan
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Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : The University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina: | 979.4/94052 |
Soggetto topico: | Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions - 20th century |
Mexican Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century | |
Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943 | |
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 | |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century | |
Violence - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century | |
World War, 1939-1945 - California - Los Angeles | |
World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects | |
Soggetto geografico: | Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions 20th century | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-304) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Sleepy Lagoon Mystery; PART I: MAKE NOISE BROKEN WINDOWS; PART II: LA VIDA DURA; PART III: SHOUTING CURSES ON THE STREET; PART IV: THE VIOLENT POETRY OF THE TIMES; Epilogue: Who Killed José Díaz?; Appendix: A Note on Terminology and Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
Sommario/riassunto: | An exploration of the notorious 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murder trial in Los Angeles and the ensuing Zoot Suit Riot. The author offers a social history of both the trial and the riot and argues that they resulted from a volatile mix of racial and social tensions that had long been simmering. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon ![]() |
ISBN: | 979-88-908719-1-6 |
0-8078-6209-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819908803321 |
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