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Author:

Bruns, Roger A., 1941- author.

Title:

Zoot suit riots / Roger Bruns.

Publisher:

GreenwoodAn Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xvii, 198 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.
Mexican Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Social conditions--20th century.
Violence--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The setting -- The death at Sleepy Lagoon -- The trial -- The Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee -- The riots -- The aftermath -- The appeal -- Continuing the fight.

Series:

Landmarks of the American mosaic

ISBN:

031339878X (hardcopy : acid-free paper)
9780313398780 (hardcopy : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)852220699

LCCN:

2013033288

Locations:

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)