MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01863cam a22003254a 4500
001 2010927818
003 DLC
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008 100429s2010 mdu b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aHV6446$b.F44 2010
100 1 $aFentress, James.
245 10 $aEminent gangsters :$bimmigrants and the birth of organized crime in America /$cJames Fentress.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bUniversity Press of America,$cc2010.
300 $axiii, 485 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [456]-475) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 $aOrganized crime$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMafia$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aGangsters$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aItalian American criminals$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations.