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Author Lindberg, Richard C., 1953- author.

Title Gangland Chicago : criminality and lawlessness in the Windy City, 1837-1990 / Richard C. Lindberg.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

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 Southington Library - Adult  364.1066 LIN    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 373 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject Crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Crime. (OCoLC)fst00882984
Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781442231955 hardcover alkaline paper
1442231955 hardcover alkaline paper
9781442231962 electronic book
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