02775oam 2200625I 450 991079185510332120230725020956.01-136-82152-X1-283-04028-X97866130402821-136-82153-80-203-83032-610.4324/9780203830321 (CKB)2560000000061653(EBL)668441(OCoLC)707068765(SSID)ssj0000468116(PQKBManifestationID)11291410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468116(PQKBWorkID)10497171(PQKB)11224518(MiAaPQ)EBC668441(Au-PeEL)EBL668441(CaPaEBR)ebr10452520(CaONFJC)MIL304028(OCoLC)710992799(EXLCZ)99256000000006165320180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrime and the rise of modern America a history from 1865-1941 /Kristofer AllerfeldtNew York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-80045-5 0-415-80044-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-242) and index.The crimes of the century -- Crime and the West -- Hate crime -- Policing and imprisonment -- Conmen, swindlers, and dupes -- Business and financial crime -- Prohibitions -- Sex crime -- Political crime : scandal, sleaze and corruption -- Terrorists : rebels, radicals and freedom fighters and criminals with a cause -- Immigration and crime.In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uniquely American system of crime and punishment from the end of the Civil War to the eve of World War II to understand how the rapidly-changing technology of transportation, media, and incarceration affected the criminal underworld.In ten thematic chapters, Crime and the Rise of Modern America turns to the outlaws of the iconic West and the illegal distilleries of Prohibition, the turn-of-the-century immigrants, and the conmen who preyed on CrimeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCrimeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCrimeHistoryCrimeHistory364.10973/09041Allerfeldt Kristofer1959-,1546887MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791855103321Crime and the rise of modern America3802762UNINA