Eminent gangsters
Subtitle: immigrants and the birth of organized crime in America
By: James Fentress
Publisher: University  Press of America
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780761852155; 9780761852162
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Italian American criminals; Mafia; Ethnic relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [456]-475) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a new world; title: Italian crime comes to America : Stoppaglieri and New Orleans; title: New York : spoilsmen and reformers; title: Italian crime in America : Mano Nera, Camorra and Mafia; title: Expanding immigration : Chicago and the Levee; title: Prohibition : the new Gold Rush; title: Prohibition in Chicago : Johnnie Torrio, Al Capone, and the Beer War; title: The underground at war: Part 1; title: from the fall of the Gennas to the Aiello uprising; title: The underground at war: Part 2; title: many cities: from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre to the Castellammarrese War; title: The underground at war: Part 3; title: New York; title: The underground at war: Part 4; title: The endgame; title: The fall; title: Conclusion: Why do we need organized crime anyway?; title: Notes; title: Index.