Organized crime in Chicago [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the Mafia / / Robert M. Lombardo
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| Autore: |
Lombardo Robert M
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| Titolo: |
Organized crime in Chicago [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the Mafia / / Robert M. Lombardo
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| Pubblicazione: | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.10609773/11 |
| Soggetto topico: | Organized crime - Illinois - Chicago |
| Criminals - Illinois - Chicago | |
| Gangs - Illinois - Chicago | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Explaining organized crime -- The gem of the prairie -- The black Mafia -- The syndicate -- The Forty-two Gang -- The outfit -- The outfit as a complex organization -- Street crew neighborhoods. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text offers an explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago and other large American cities, Robert M. Lombardo challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America is a descendent of the Sicilian Mafia. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Organized crime in Chicago |
| ISBN: | 1-283-90170-6 |
| 0-252-09448-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452937203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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