The Zoot Suit Riots
By: by Kevin Hillstrom
Series: Defining moments
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780780812857
Subjects: Race relations; Mexican Americans; Social conditions; Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943; Violence; History
Description: "Surveys the political events, social trends, and racial attitudes that contributed to a week-long outbreak of violence in Los Angeles in 1943 by white servicemen and civilians against young Mexican-American 'zoot suiters.' Includes a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.