| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 373 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgments; chapter 1. outlawry and the rise of a criminal class in the emerging city; chapter 2. downtown and near south: victorian vice, gamblers, card cheats, chinese tongs, and the rise of chicago's organized crime gangs, 1870-1920; chapter 3. gangs of the south side: politics, patronage, and bare-knuckle boyos, 1860-1930; chapter 4. maxwell street, the west side terror district, 1860-1930; chapter 5. the gold coast and the gangs: north side affluence, little hell, and gang crime, 1860-1930; chapter 6. the gangs of prohibition-era chicago |
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Chapter 7. schools for crimechapter 8. gangs becoming nations, 1950-1989; notes; bibliography; index; about the author |
| Summary |
Chicago and its history are defined by such notorious crime figures as Al Capone and John Dillinger. Gangland Chicago vividly recounts the evolution of street gangs in Chicago before Capone and Dillinger, and the rise of organized crime that earned the Windy City a reputation for unchecked violence, lawlessness, and mayhem |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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Criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime
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Criminals
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Organized crime
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| SUBJECT |
Chicago (Ill.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023235
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Illinois -- Chicago
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442231962 |
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1442231963 |
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