East Side-West Side Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-50

Alan Block, "East Side-West Side: Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-50"
English | ISBN: 1138522554 | 2017 | 265 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
Based on primary source documents, this historical study establishes the interconnections between private violence and political, social, and economic life in New York from 1930-1950. By describing and analyzing both the social world and social system of organized crime, Block provides a new perspective, one based on racial and ethnic stereotypes. The book provides a penetrating look at one of the most misunderstood aspects of American society, important for historians, criminologists and sociologists.