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UNINA9910960147103321 |
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Autore |
Jacobs James B |
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Titolo |
Mobsters, unions, and feds : 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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9780814743157 |
0814743153 |
9780814743737 |
0814743730 |
9781429490207 |
1429490209 |
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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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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 |
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