Claire Bond Potter

War on Crime

Bandits, G-Men, and the Politics of Mass Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to look at the structural, legal, and cultural aspects of J. Edgar Hoover's war on crime in the 1930s, a New Deal campaign which forged new links between citizenship, federal policing, and the ideal of centralized government. WAR ON CRIME reminds us of how and why our worship of violent celebrity hero G-men and gangsters came about and how we now are reaping the results. 10 photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780813524870
• ISBN-10: 0813524873
• Artikelnr.: 21968799

Autorenporträt

CLAIRE BOND POTTER is an associate professor of history at Wesleyan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Prohibition
crime
and federal policing Scientific policing
masculinity
and bureau reform The making of a crime wave Romance
bandit identity
and the rise of celebrity bandits Kidnapping
federal policing
and the role of the public in the war on crime John Dillinger as political actor The Barker-Karpis Gang
surveillance
and the victory of federal policing