Murder, Inc., and the moral life : gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York /

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"<Strong>In 1940 and 1941 a group of ruthless gangsters from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood became the focus of media frenzy when they--dubbed "Murder Inc.," by </strong><strong>New York World-Telegram</strong><strong> reporter Harry Feeney--wer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whalen, Robert Weldon, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, Fordham University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1898-1999
Organized crime > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Gangsters > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Crime > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Crime organisé > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Gangsters > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
TRUE CRIME > Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
Crime
Gangsters
Organized crime
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1898-1951.
New York (State) > New York
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; List of Characters; Prologue: Naked City; 1 Reel Gangsters-Mobsters and the Movies; 2 Real Gangsters: Abe Reles and the Origins of Murder, Inc; 3 Gangster City; 4 Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption; 5 Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice; 6 Murder, Inc.: "I Got Used to It"; 7 A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc., Trials; 8 Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly; Epilogue: "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination"; Acknowledgments.
  • NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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