The Racketeer's Progress
Subtitle: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 19001940 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780521834667
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1900 - c 1914; History - U.S.; Chicago; Business & Economics; Racketeering; Business/Economics; Illinois; Labor & Industrial Relations - Unions; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; Economic History; 20th century; History; Labor unions; Skilled labor
First sentence: "At the turn of the twentieth century, in the city of Chicago, two business communities struggled for the right to determine the shape of the modern urban economy."