Politics, Police and Crime in New York During Prohibition - Gotham and the Age of Recklessness, 19201933

This book aims to highlight the causes why the Prohibition Era led to an evolution of the New York mob from a rural, ethnic and small-scale to an urban, American and wide-scale crime.

List of contents

Introduction, 1. New York Between Alcohol and Prohibition (1784-1896), 2. Cops and Mobsters, 3. Before the Eighteenth Amendment (1913-1919), 4. Years of Opposition (1920-1925), 5. Years of Carelessness (1926-1929), 6. The Lords of the Liquors, 7. From Old Bandits to Modern Gangsters, 8. Years of Crisis (1930-1933), Conclusion

About the author

Francesco Landolfi holds a PhD in Historical Studies from the University of Florence, Italy. His research concerns the history of crime during the twentieth century, the rise of far-left/right terrorisms in Rome in the 1970s and the making of the Irish mob in Boston between the 1960s and 1990s.

Summary

This book aims to highlight the causes why the Prohibition Era led to an evolution of the New York mob from a rural, ethnic and small-scale to an urban, American and wide-scale crime.

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Landolfi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032207414
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220741-4
• No. of pages: 406
• Series: Routledge Advances in American History
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, True Crime, 20th Century, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, General and world history, History of the Americas