Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"Gangland Chicago is a revealing look at the Chicago underworld of yesterday and today. This comprehensive volume is sure to entertain and inform any reader interested in the evolution of organized crime and gangs in America's most representative city of the American Heartland"--Amazon.com.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Organized crime, Crime, Criminals, History, Crime, united states, Criminals, united states, Chicago (ill.), historyPlaces
Chicago (Ill.), Illinois, ChicagoEdition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Gangland Chicago: criminality and lawlessness in the Windy City, 1837-1990
2016
in English
1442231955 9781442231955
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Outlawry and the rise of a criminal class in the emerging city
Downtown and Near South: Victorian vice, gamblers, card cheats, Chinese tongs, and the rise of Chicago's organized crime gangs, 1870-1920
Gangs of the South Side: politics, patronage, and bare-knuckle boyos, 1860-1930
Maxwell Street, the West Side terror district, 1860-1930
The Gold Coast and the gangs: North Side affluence, Little Hell, and gang crime, 1860-1930
The gangs of Prohibition-era Chicago
Schools for crime
Gangs becoming nations, 1950-1989.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?August 3, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 19, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
May 28, 2018 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |