Michael Woodiwiss

Organized Crime and American Power

A History, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive history of organized crime in the United States - and how it has been a significant part of the nation’s development, rather than an external threat to its political, economic, and social structures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781487543464
• ISBN-10: 1487543468
• Artikelnr.: 67746254

Autorenporträt

Michael Woodiwiss teaches at the University of the West of England and was named a Distinguished Scholar by the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime in 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Organized Crime and the Rise of American Power, 1789-1900
2. Whitewash: Supremacist Crime in the South and Its Loss from the
"Organized Crime" Narratives
3. Organized Crime and Business Power, 1865 to the Present
4. America’s Moral Crusade and the Organization of Illegal Markets, 1789 to
the Present
5. The Dumbing of Organized Crime Discourse, 1835 to the Present
6. White Supremacy to Mass Gang Production: The Political Organization of
Crime in America
7. American Power and the Dumbing of Global Discourse, 1945 to the Present
Notes
Index