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Gangsters & Organized Crime in Jewish Chicago

Gangsters & Organized Crime in Jewish Chicago

by Alex Garel-frantzen
Paperback
Publication Date: 19/11/2013

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Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of the Maxwell Street ghetto produced a proliferation of Jewish gangsters involved in everything from labor racketeering to white slavery. Their illegal activity offended their own community's value system and sparked rifts between Reform and Orthodox Jews. It also ignited tensions between city officials and Jewish leaders, indelibly marked the gentile population's perception of Chicago's Jews and shaped the city's West Side for years to come.
ISBN:
9781626191938
9781626191938
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
19-11-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
154
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x13mm
Weight:
0.27kg

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