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Murder, Inc., and the moral life : gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York
Title
Murder, Inc., and the moral life : gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York / Robert Weldon Whalen.
ISBN
9780823271559 (hardback)
0823271552 (hardback)
Publication
New York : Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
List of Characters
Prologue. Naked City
Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters
Mobsters and the Movies
Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of Murder, Inc.
Ch. 3. Gangster City
Ch. 4. Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption
Ch. 5. Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice
Ch. 6. Murder, Inc. "I Got Used to It."
Ch. 7. A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc. Trials
Ch. 8. Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly
Epilogue. "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination"
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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History.
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