Gangland Chicago : criminality and lawlessness in the Windy City, 1837-1990 / Richard C. Lindberg.
Lindberg, Richard C., 1953- author.
2016
HV6795.C4 L56 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Gangland Chicago : criminality and lawlessness in the Windy City, 1837-1990 / Richard C. Lindberg.
Author
Lindberg, Richard C., 1953- author.
ISBN
9781442231955 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1442231955 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9781442231962 (electronic book)
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Language
English
Description
xviii, 373 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
HV6795.C4 L56 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.106/609773110904
Summary
"Gangland Chicago is a revealing look at the Chicago underworld of yesterday and today. This comprehensive volume is sure to entertain and inform any reader interested in the evolution of organized crime and gangs in America's most representative city of the American Heartland,"--Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
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Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Outlawry and the Rise of a Criminal Class in the Emerging City
2 Downtown and Near South: Victorian Vice, Gamblers, Card Cheats, Chinese Tongs, and the Rise of Chicago's Organized Crime Gangs, 1870-1920
3 Gangs of the South Side: Politics, Patronage, and Bare-Knuckle Boyos, 1860-1930
4 Maxwell Street, the West Side Terror District, 1860-1930
5 The Gold Coast and the Gangs: North Side Affluence, Little Hell, and Gang Crime, 1860-1930
6 The Gangs of Prohibition-Era Chicago
7 Schools for Crime
8 Gangs Becoming Nations, 1950-1989
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author.

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