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Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum
| Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum |
| Autore | Ward David A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.979461 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KassebaumGene G |
| Soggetto topico | Prisons - California - Alcatraz Island - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american crime
20th century american history al capone alcatraz alvin karpis american government convicts crime dock barker escape attempts fbi federal bureau of prisons federal government federal parole records gangsters george kelly infamous criminals inmates machine gun kelly outlaws penal policy penitentiary prison administrators prison guards prison public enemy resistance security supermax prison the rock worst of the worst |
| ISBN |
1-282-77248-1
9786612772481 0-520-94298-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison -- 1. The Federal Government's War on "Public Enemies" -- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment -- 3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst" -- 4. The Program -- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested -- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts -- 7. Alcatraz on Trial -- 8. The War Years -- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz -- 10. Resistance and Adaptation -- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws -- 12. Celebrity Prisoners -- 13. Return to the Free World -- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785270603321 |
Ward David A
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum
| Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum |
| Autore | Ward David A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.979461 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KassebaumGene G |
| Soggetto topico | Prisons - California - Alcatraz Island - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american crime
20th century american history al capone alcatraz alvin karpis american government convicts crime dock barker escape attempts fbi federal bureau of prisons federal government federal parole records gangsters george kelly infamous criminals inmates machine gun kelly outlaws penal policy penitentiary prison administrators prison guards prison public enemy resistance security supermax prison the rock worst of the worst |
| ISBN |
1-282-77248-1
9786612772481 0-520-94298-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison -- 1. The Federal Government's War on "Public Enemies" -- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment -- 3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst" -- 4. The Program -- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested -- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts -- 7. Alcatraz on Trial -- 8. The War Years -- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz -- 10. Resistance and Adaptation -- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws -- 12. Celebrity Prisoners -- 13. Return to the Free World -- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815523903321 |
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Ward David A
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Bringing the war home [[electronic resource] ] : the Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and the revolutionary violence in the sixties and seventies / / Jeremy Varon
| Bringing the war home [[electronic resource] ] : the Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and the revolutionary violence in the sixties and seventies / / Jeremy Varon |
| Autore | Varon Jeremy <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 424p |
| Disciplina | 322.42 |
| Soggetto topico |
Radicalism - United States - History - 20th century
Political violence - Germany (West) - History - 20th century Political violence - United States - History - 20th century New Left - Germany (West) - History - 20th century New Left - United States - History - 20th century Baader-Meinhof gang Radicalism - Germany (West) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1960s
1970s academic anti fascism class issues class contemporary history dangerous democracy european history fascist fbi german army historical history left wing memory morals political politics reconstruction red army scholarly social change social justice social movements terrorism united states utopian violence war wartime weather weatherman west germany |
| ISBN |
1-282-35745-X
9786612357459 0-520-93095-9 |
| Classificazione | MD 8920 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Key Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Agents of Necessity" -- Chapter 2. The Importance of Being Militant -- Chapter 3. "Hearts and Minds" -- Chapter 4. The Excesses and Limits of Revolutionary Violence -- Chapter 5. Deadly Abstraction -- Chapter 6. "Democratic Intolerance" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780427203321 |
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Varon Jeremy <1969->
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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Bringing the war home [[electronic resource] ] : the Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and the revolutionary violence in the sixties and seventies / / Jeremy Varon
| Bringing the war home [[electronic resource] ] : the Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and the revolutionary violence in the sixties and seventies / / Jeremy Varon |
| Autore | Varon Jeremy <1969-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 424p |
| Disciplina | 322.42 |
| Soggetto topico |
Radicalism - United States - History - 20th century
Political violence - Germany (West) - History - 20th century Political violence - United States - History - 20th century New Left - Germany (West) - History - 20th century New Left - United States - History - 20th century Baader-Meinhof gang Radicalism - Germany (West) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1960s
1970s academic anti fascism class issues class contemporary history dangerous democracy european history fascist fbi german army historical history left wing memory morals political politics reconstruction red army scholarly social change social justice social movements terrorism united states utopian violence war wartime weather weatherman west germany |
| ISBN |
1-282-35745-X
9786612357459 0-520-93095-9 |
| Classificazione | MD 8920 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Key Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Agents of Necessity" -- Chapter 2. The Importance of Being Militant -- Chapter 3. "Hearts and Minds" -- Chapter 4. The Excesses and Limits of Revolutionary Violence -- Chapter 5. Deadly Abstraction -- Chapter 6. "Democratic Intolerance" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826154703321 |
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Varon Jeremy <1969->
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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The last titan [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Theodore Dreiser / / Jerome Loving
| The last titan [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Theodore Dreiser / / Jerome Loving |
| Autore | Loving Jerome <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (530 p.) |
| Disciplina |
813/.52
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Novelists, American - 20th century
Journalists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american authors
american literature american novels biography class classics communism dreiser emerson emma goldman factory workers famous authors fbi fdr gender hawthorne hollywood immigration industrialists journalist labor movement literary celebrity literature lynchings mencken naturalism new woman nonfiction politics progressive era realism roaring 20s robber barons roosevelt sexual morality sexuality social change social commentary thoreau urban life western canon whitman workers rights |
| ISBN |
0-520-92911-X
1-59734-941-0 |
| Classificazione | HU 3525 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Hoosier hard times -- A very bard of a city -- This matter of reporting -- Survival of the fittest -- Editorial days -- The writer -- Sister Carrie -- Down hill and up -- Return of the novelist -- Life after the Titanic -- The genius himself -- Back to the future -- An American tragedy -- Celebrity -- Tragic America -- Facing West -- Selected works of Theodore Dreiser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783317303321 |
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Loving Jerome <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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The last titan [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Theodore Dreiser / / Jerome Loving
| The last titan [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Theodore Dreiser / / Jerome Loving |
| Autore | Loving Jerome <1941-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (530 p.) |
| Disciplina |
813/.52
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Novelists, American - 20th century
Journalists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american authors
american literature american novels biography class classics communism dreiser emerson emma goldman factory workers famous authors fbi fdr gender hawthorne hollywood immigration industrialists journalist labor movement literary celebrity literature lynchings mencken naturalism new woman nonfiction politics progressive era realism roaring 20s robber barons roosevelt sexual morality sexuality social change social commentary thoreau urban life western canon whitman workers rights |
| ISBN |
0-520-92911-X
1-59734-941-0 |
| Classificazione | HU 3525 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Hoosier hard times -- A very bard of a city -- This matter of reporting -- Survival of the fittest -- Editorial days -- The writer -- Sister Carrie -- Down hill and up -- Return of the novelist -- Life after the Titanic -- The genius himself -- Back to the future -- An American tragedy -- Celebrity -- Tragic America -- Facing West -- Selected works of Theodore Dreiser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821186903321 |
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Loving Jerome <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Syncopations [[electronic resource] ] : Beats, New Yorkers, and writers in the dark / / James Campbell
| Syncopations [[electronic resource] ] : Beats, New Yorkers, and writers in the dark / / James Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell James <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/97471 |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism Beat generation Authors, Scottish - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american literature african american literature alexander trocchi allen ginsberg american literature amiri baraka art spiegelman autobiography beats poetry career edmund white fbi gary snyder james baldwin john a williams john updike jonathan franzen jp donleavy new yorker magazine oprah retrospective richard wright robert creeley shirley hazzard stanley crouch thom gunn toni morrison truman capote william maxwell william styron |
| ISBN | 0-520-94108-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. New York New Yorkers -- PART II. Through the Grapevine -- PART III. Syncopations -- CODA. Boswell and Mrs. Miller |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779551103321 |
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Campbell James <1951->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
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Syncopations : Beats, New Yorkers, and writers in the dark / / James Campbell
| Syncopations : Beats, New Yorkers, and writers in the dark / / James Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell James <1951-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/97471 |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism Beats (Persons) Authors, Scottish - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american literature african american literature alexander trocchi allen ginsberg american literature amiri baraka art spiegelman autobiography beats poetry career edmund white fbi gary snyder james baldwin john a williams john updike jonathan franzen jp donleavy new yorker magazine oprah retrospective richard wright robert creeley shirley hazzard stanley crouch thom gunn toni morrison truman capote william maxwell william styron |
| ISBN | 0-520-94108-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. New York New Yorkers -- PART II. Through the Grapevine -- PART III. Syncopations -- CODA. Boswell and Mrs. Miller |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818570603321 |
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Campbell James <1951->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
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Undercover : police surveillance in America / / Gary T. Marx
| Undercover : police surveillance in America / / Gary T. Marx |
| Autore | Marx Gary T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.2/32 |
| Soggetto topico |
Undercover operations - United States
Criminal investigation - United States Police patrol - Surveillance operations |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american history crime criminal justice criminal detective work ethical issues ethics fbi fieldwork issues in policing justice system local police morals police brutality police department police ethics police tactics police work research scholarly undercover cop undercover detective undercover investigation undercover police undercover |
| ISBN |
1-282-35567-8
9786612355677 0-520-91004-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Changing Nature of Undercover Work -- 2. A Selective History of Undercover Practices -- 3. The Current Context -- 4. Types and Dimensions -- 5. The Complexity of Virtue -- 6. Intended Consequences of Undercover Work -- 7. Unintended Consequences: Targets, Third Parties, and Informers -- 8. Unintended Consequences: Police -- 9. Controlling Undercover Operations -- 10. The New Surveillance -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780432303321 |
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Marx Gary T
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1988 | ||
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Undercover : police surveillance in America / / Gary T. Marx
| Undercover : police surveillance in America / / Gary T. Marx |
| Autore | Marx Gary T |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.2/32 |
| Soggetto topico |
Undercover operations - United States
Criminal investigation - United States Police patrol - Surveillance operations |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american history crime criminal justice criminal detective work ethical issues ethics fbi fieldwork issues in policing justice system local police morals police brutality police department police ethics police tactics police work research scholarly undercover cop undercover detective undercover investigation undercover police undercover |
| ISBN |
1-282-35567-8
9786612355677 0-520-91004-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Changing Nature of Undercover Work -- 2. A Selective History of Undercover Practices -- 3. The Current Context -- 4. Types and Dimensions -- 5. The Complexity of Virtue -- 6. Intended Consequences of Undercover Work -- 7. Unintended Consequences: Targets, Third Parties, and Informers -- 8. Unintended Consequences: Police -- 9. Controlling Undercover Operations -- 10. The New Surveillance -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817580903321 |
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Marx Gary T
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1988 | ||
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