Mobsters, Unions, and Feds : the Mafia and the American Labor Movement.
Nowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as effectively as in the United States. Yet the government, the AFL-CIO, and the civil liberties community all but ignored the situation for most of the twentieth century. Since 1975, however, the FBI, Department of Justice, and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
NYU Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Nowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as effectively as in the United States. Yet the government, the AFL-CIO, and the civil liberties community all but ignored the situation for most of the twentieth century. Since 1975, however, the FBI, Department of Justice, and the federal judiciary have relentlessly battled against labor racketeering, even in some of the nation's most powerful unions. Mobsters, Unions, and Feds is the first book to document organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal cleanup effort. A renowned criminologist. |
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Notas: | About the Author. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-304) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814743737 0814743730 |