East Side-West Side - Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-50

Based on primary source documents, this historical study establishes the interconnections between private violence and political, social, and economic life in New York from 1930-1950

List of contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Chapter 1. Myth and Reality, Part 1, Chapter 2. Tiger Rag, Chapter 3. Broadway Lament, Chapter 4. The Special Prosecutor, Chapter 5. O'Dwyer, Part 2, Chapter 6. Syndicates and Vice, Chapter 7. Power and the Urban Economy, Chapter 8. To Discipline and Punish, Chapter 9. Organizing Crime, Index

About the author

Alan Block

Summary

Based on primary source documents, this historical study establishes the interconnections between private violence and political, social, and economic life in New York from 1930-1950

Product details

• Authors: Alan Block, William Graham Summer
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.1983
• EAN: 9780878559312
• ISBN: 978-0-87855-931-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; New York, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Social issues & processes, Organized crime, Social and ethical issues, New York (state)