RT Book
T1 Organized crime in the United States, 1865-1941
A1 Allerfeldt, Kristofer 1959-
LA English
PP Jefferson, North Carolina
PB McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1645966178
AB "Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians? Why do they immortalize Al Capone while forgetting his far more successful, innovative precursor, Michael Cassius MacDonald? Drawing on historical accounts, the author analyzes the public's understanding of organized crime and questions some of our most deeply held assumptions about crime and its role in society"--
AB Introduction -- Prologue: the true extent of organized crime -- The birth of the mafia -- Crime rings -- Chicago: crime central -- New York: the night mayor and the big policeman -- Los Angeles noir -- Prohibition -- Racketeering -- Big business -- Organized crime fighters -- Chinese organized crime: the one that got away -- The slave trade -- The criminal fraternity -- Epilogue: organized crime, then and now
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6446
SN 9781476670652
K1 Organized Crime : United States : History
K1 Crime : United States : History
K1 USA : Organisiertes Verbrechen : Geschichte 1865-1941