Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon [electronic resource] : Zoot suits, race, and riot in wartime L.A. / Eduardo Obregón Pagán.
Publication details: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, c2003.Description: xii, 313 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmSubject(s):- 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, 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
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- 979.4/94052 21
- F869.L89 M566 2003eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-304) and index.
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