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Eminent gangsters : immigrants and the birth of organized crime in America
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Eminent gangsters : immigrants and the birth of organized crime in America / James Fentress.
ISBN
9780761852155
0761852158
Published
Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c2010.
Physical Description
xiii, 485 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 16, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [456]-475) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a new world
Italian crime comes to America : Stoppaglieri and New Orleans
New York : spoilsmen and reformers
Italian crime in America : Mano Nera, Camorra and Mafia
Expanding immigration : Chicago and the Levee
Prohibition : the new Gold Rush
Prohibition in Chicago : Johnnie Torrio, Al Capone, and the Beer War
The underground at war: Part 1
from the fall of the Gennas to the Aiello uprising
The underground at war: Part 2
many cities: from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre to the Castellammarrese War
The underground at war: Part 3
New York
The underground at war: Part 4
The endgame
The fall
Conclusion: Why do we need organized crime anyway?
Notes
Index.
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