New York Undercover : Private Surveillance in the Progressive Era /
Fronc, Jennifer, author.
To combat behavior they viewed as sexually promiscuous, politically undesirable, or downright criminal, social activists in Progressive-era New York employed private investigators to uncover the roots of society's problems. New York Undercover follows these investigators-often journalists or social workers with no training in surveillance-on their information-gathering visits to gambling parlors, brothels, and meetings of criminal gangs and radical political organizations.Drawing on the hundreds of detailed reports that resulted from these missions, Jennifer Fronc re
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To combat behavior they viewed as sexually promiscuous, politically undesirable, or downright criminal, social activists in Progressive-era New York employed private investigators to uncover the roots of society's problems. New York Undercover follows these investigators-often journalists or social workers with no training in surveillance-on their information-gathering visits to gambling parlors, brothels, and meetings of criminal gangs and radical political organizations.Drawing on the hundreds of detailed reports that resulted from these missions, Jennifer Fronc re
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.

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Undercover operations
Social problems
Social action