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The Mob and the City

- The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
Af: C. Alexander Hortis Engelsk Paperback

The Mob and the City

- The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
Af: C. Alexander Hortis Engelsk Paperback
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Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s. Based on exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, author and attorney C. Alexander Hortis draws on the deepest collection of primary sources, many newly discovered, of any history of the modern mob. Shattering myths, Hortis reveals how Cosa Nostra actually obtained power at the inception. The author goes beyond conventional who-shot-who mob stories, providing answers to fresh questions such as: * Why did the Sicilian gangs come out on top of the criminal underworld? * Can economics explain how the Mafia families operated? * What was the Mafia's real role in the drug trade? * Why was Cosa Nostra involved in gay bars in New York since the 1930s? Drawing on an unprecedented array of primary sources, The Mob and the City is the most thorough and authentic history of the Mafia's rise to power in the early-to-mid twentieth century.
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Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s. Based on exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, author and attorney C. Alexander Hortis draws on the deepest collection of primary sources, many newly discovered, of any history of the modern mob. Shattering myths, Hortis reveals how Cosa Nostra actually obtained power at the inception. The author goes beyond conventional who-shot-who mob stories, providing answers to fresh questions such as: * Why did the Sicilian gangs come out on top of the criminal underworld? * Can economics explain how the Mafia families operated? * What was the Mafia's real role in the drug trade? * Why was Cosa Nostra involved in gay bars in New York since the 1930s? Drawing on an unprecedented array of primary sources, The Mob and the City is the most thorough and authentic history of the Mafia's rise to power in the early-to-mid twentieth century.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9781633886087
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1633886085
Kategori: US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States
Udg. Dato: 15 apr 2021
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 158mm
Højde: 226mm
Forlag: Prometheus Books
Oplagsdato: 15 apr 2021
Forfatter(e): C. Alexander Hortis
Forfatter(e) C. Alexander Hortis

Kategori US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States

ISBN-13 9781633886087

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 384

Udgave

Længde 31mm

Bredde 158mm

Højde 226mm

Udg. Dato 15 apr 2021

Oplagsdato 15 apr 2021

Forlag Prometheus Books