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Autore |
Jacobs James B |
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Titolo |
Mobsters, unions, and feds [[electronic resource] ] : the Mafia and the American labor movement / / James B. Jacobs |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-4315-3 |
0-8147-4373-0 |
1-4294-9020-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor unions - United States - History |
Racketeering - United States - History |
Mafia - United States - History |
Organized crime - United States - History |
Organized crime investigation - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-304) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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; Introduction -- Organized crime and organized labor -- President's Commission on Organized Crime -- Labor racketeering in New York City -- Organized labor's response to organized crime -- Labor racketeering and the rank and file -- Attacking labor racketeering prior to Civil RICO (1982) -- Civil RICO suits and trusteeships -- The liberation of IBT Local 560 -- The New York City District Council of Carpenters -- The four international unions -- Evaluating Civil RICO -- ; Concluding reflections. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as effectively as in the United States. Yet the government, the AFL-CIO, and the civil liberties community all but ignored the situation for most of the twentieth century. Since 1975, however, the FBI, Department of Justice, and the federal judiciary have relentlessly battled against labor racketeering, even in some of the nation's most powerful unions. Mobsters, Unions, and Feds is the first book to document organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal cleanup effort. A renowned criminologist |
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