Richard C Lindberg

Gangland Chicago

Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City

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Produktbeschreibung

Chicago and its history are defined by such notorious crime figures as Al Capone and John Dillinger. Gangland Chicago vividly recounts the evolution of street gangs in Chicago before Capone and Dillinger, and the rise of organized crime that earned the Windy City a reputation for unchecked violence, lawlessness, and mayhem.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 152mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781442231955
• ISBN-10: 1442231955
• Artikelnr.: 42809591

Autorenporträt

Richard Lindberg is a lifelong Chicagoan, author, journalist, and research historian. He has written 17 critically acclaimed books dealing with aspects of crime, politics, sports, and history in the Windy City, including Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Chicago Child Murders of 1955, Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago, and The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine, winner of the 2009 Best Biography Award presented by the Society of Midland Authors and Whiskey Breakfast: My Swedish Family My American Life, named the best non-fiction book of 2011 by The Chicago Writer's Association. Lindberg is a past president of the Society of Midland Authors and the Illinois Academy of Criminology. He is a recognized as an authority on the evolution of organized crime in the Windy City, and is frequently seen on. on numerous talk shows and cable documentaries of national and local origin including A & E's American Justice, Cities of the Underworld, Deadly Women, History's Mysteries, American Chronicle, and many others

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication Preface and Acknowledgments 1: Outlawry and the Rise of a Criminal Class in the Emerging City 2: Downtown and Near South: Victorian Vice
Gamblers
Card Cheats
Chinese Tongs and the Rise of Chicago's Organized Crime Gangs
1870-1920 3: Gangs of the South Side: Politics
Patronage and Bare Knuckle Boyos
1860-1930 4: Maxwell Street
the West Side Terror District
1860-1930 5: The Gold Coast and the Gangs: North Side Affluence
Little Hell and Gang Crime 1860-1930 6: The Gangs of Prohibition Era Chicago 7: Schools for Crime 8: Gangs Becoming Nations
1950-1989 About the Author Bibliography