Pachucas and Pachucos in Tucson: Situated Border Lives

by Laura L. Cummings

When the Zoot Suit Riots ignited in Los Angeles in 1943, they quickly became headline news across the country. At their center was a series of attacks by U.S. Marines and sailors on young Mexican American men who dressed in distinctive suits and called themselves pachucos. The media of the day portrayed these youths as miscreants and hoodlums. Even though the outspoken First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, quickly labeled them victims of race riots, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816527377
• ISBN13: 9780816527373
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"