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Diligently charts a culture's exemplar, the zoot suit, and connects it to modern fashion and music ... It is a compelling window into the U.S. in the war years as seen from a much different point of view. --The Morning News Deserves much credit for analyzing youth fashion during the era of swing jazz as a national phenomenon . --The Journal of American History Colorful, entertaining, and frequently enlightening... Alvarez leaves us asking for more. --New Mexico Historical Review [Alvarez's] scholarship is now the best and most comprehensive book on Zoot Suit culture, society, and race conflict during World War II. --H-Urban

Diligently charts a culture's exemplar, the zoot suit, and connects it to modern fashion and music ... It is a compelling window into the U.S. in the war years as seen from a much different point of view. --The Morning News Deserves much credit for analyzing youth fashion during the era of swing jazz as a national phenomenon . --The Journal of American History Colorful, entertaining, and frequently enlightening... Alvarez leaves us asking for more. --New Mexico Historical Review [Alvarez's] scholarship is now the best and most comprehensive book on Zoot Suit culture, society, and race conflict during World War II. --H-Urban [A] fascinating work of scholarship. --Left History

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Luis Alvarez is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

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