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020 $a9781626191938 (paperback)
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050 00 $aHV6194.J4$bG37 2013
082 00 $a364.106089/924077311$223
084 $aTRU003000$aHIS022000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGarel-Frantzen, Alex,$eauthor.
245 10 $aGangsters and organized crime in Jewish Chicago /$cAlex Garel-Frantzen.
264 1 $aCharleston, SC :$bThe History Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $a154 pages ;$billustrations :$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aTrue crime
520 $a"Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of the Maxwell Street ghetto produced a proliferation of Jewish gangsters involved in everything from labor racketeering to white slavery. Their illegal activity offended their own community's value system and sparked rifts between Reform and Orthodox Jews. It also ignited tensions between city officials and Jewish leaders, indelibly marked the gentile population's perception of Chicago's Jews and shaped the city's West Side for years to come"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Gives a history of organized crime in Chicago's Jewish community"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aJewish criminals$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aGangsters$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aJewish criminals$zIllinois$zChicago$vBiography.
650 0 $aJews$zIllinois$zChicago$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aOrganized crime$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aJews$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aChicago (Ill.)$xEthnic relations.
650 7 $aTRUE CRIME / Organized Crime.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Jewish.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781626191938.jpg