Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon : Zoot suits, race, and riot in wartime L.A. / / Eduardo Obregon Pagan
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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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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