Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon
Subtitle: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A.
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: September 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780807828267
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Crime & criminology; Racism & racial discrimination; Social history; United States - State & Local - West; Second World War, 1939-1945; Legal status, laws, etc.; History; United States - 20th Century; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, 1942-1943; History: American; California; Los Angeles; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); Social conditions; Minority Studies - General; United States - State & Local - General; 20th century; Mexican Americans
First sentence: For many Americans, World War II was "the good war," both at the time of the conflict and in popular memory today.