Vigil, James Diego,  1938- <br/><br/>
A rainbow of gangs :  street cultures in the mega-city /  [electronic resource] 
 Street cultures in the mega-city 
James Diego Vigil ; foreword by Joan W. Moore. 
 - 1 online resource (232 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-209) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Looking at gangs cross-culturally -- Mexican Americans in the barrios of Los Angeles -- "I just wanted to act loco" : Puppet's story -- Blacks in Los Angeles : from Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles -- "I noticed the problem but never had the cure" : Mookie's story -- Vietnamese in Southern California -- "You couldn't hang by yourself" : Huc's story -- Salvadorans in Los Angeles : the Pico-Union area -- "Where is my father?" : Arturo's story -- Charting a new future for urban youth. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780292748149 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gangs--California--Los Angeles.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6439.U7  / L788 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.1/06/60979494