The neighborhood outfit : organized crime in Chicago Heights /

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"From the slot machine trust of the early 1900s to the prolific Prohibition era bootleggers allied with Al Capone, and for decades beyond, organized crime in Chicago Heights, Illinois, represented a vital component of the Chicago Outfit. Louis Corsino taps interviews, archives, government docum...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corsino, Louis, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Organized crime > Illinois > Chicago Heights > History.
Italian Americans > Illinois > Chicago Heights > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
Italian Americans.
Organized crime.
Chicago Heights (Ill.) > History.
Illinois > Chicago Heights.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Chicago Heights and organized crime
  • ch. 2. Were they pushed? Cultural, political, and economic discrimination
  • ch. 3. Did they jump? Labor organizations, mutual-aid societies, and ethnic businesses
  • ch. 4. You can't shoot everyone.

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