James Fentress

Eminent Gangsters

Immigrants and the Birth of Organized Crime in America

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores a central and significant chapter in the social and economic history of modern America. If the story of the eminent gangsters is not the orthodox, rags-to-riches American success story, neither can it be dismissed as merely a crime story.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 804g
• ISBN-13: 9780761852155
• ISBN-10: 0761852158
• Artikelnr.: 29986754

Autorenporträt

James Fentress studied at Princeton and Oxford universities. He taught political philosophy at the University of London. The author of Rebels and Mafiosi, a history of the foundation of the mafia in Sicily, Fentress has written and lectured extensively on the mafia and organized crime. He has three children and currently lives in Rome.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: A New World Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Italian Crime
Comes to America: Stoppaglieri and New Orleans Chapter 3 Chapter 2. New
York: Spoilsmen and Reformers Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Italian Crime in
America: Mano Nera, Camorra, and Mafia Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Expanding
Immigration: Chicago and the Levee Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Prohibition: The
New Gold Rush Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Prohibition in Chicago: Johnnie Torrio,
Al Capone, and the Beer War Chapter 8 Chapter 7: The Underworld at War:
Part 1 - From the Fall of the Gennas to the Aiello Uprising Chapter 9
Chapter 8. The Underworld at War: Part 2 - Many Cities: From the St.
Valentine's Day Massacre to the Castellammarrese War Chapter 10 Chapter 9.
The Underworld at War: Part 3 - New York Chapter 11 Chapter 10. The
Underworld at War: Part 4 - The Endgame Chapter 12 Chapter 11. The Fall
Chapter 13 Conclusion: Why Do We Need Organized Crime Anyway? Chapter 14
Notes Chapter 15 Index