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- Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon : Zoot suits, race, and riot in wartime L.A. / Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon : Zoot suits, race, and riot in wartime L.A. / Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Object Details
- Contents
- The sleepy lagoon mystery -- I: Make noise broke windows -- Genealogy of a crisis -- The life and times of José Díaz -- II: La vida dura -- The people v. Zammora et al. -- Dangerous fashion -- The significance of the Pachuco as a general category and conception -- III: Shouting curses on the street -- Wars of resistance -- Days of riot -- IV: The violent poetry of the times -- Uneasy truce -- Who killed José Díaz?
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Date
- 2003
- C2003
- 20th century
- Author
- Pagán, Eduardo Obregón 1960-
- Type
- Books
- Physical description
- xii, 313 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm
- Place
- California
- Los Angeles
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Topic
- Mexican Americans--Social conditions
- Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History
- Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--History
- Violence--History
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects
- Race relations
- Social conditions
- Record ID
- siris_sil_837050
- Usage
- CC0
