Gotham Unbound How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime

Name: Gotham Unbound How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime
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ISBN: 9780814742471

ISBN-10: 0814742475

ISBN-13: 9780814742471

Edition: 2001

Authors: James B. Jacobs, Coleen Friel, Robert Raddick

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Cosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organized crime families. One cannot understand the history and political economy of New York City-or most other major American cities-in the 20th century without focusing on the role of organized crime in the urban power structure. Gotham Unbound demonstrates the remarkable range of Cosa Nostra's activities and influence and convincingly argues that 20th century organized crime has been no minor annoyance at the periphery of society but a major force in the core economy, acting as a power broker, even as an alternative…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.088
Language: English

James B. Jacobs is Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Professor of Constitutional Law and the Courts, and Director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice, at New York University School of Law.

Coleen Friel, former Glass Fellow in Crime & Justice at NYU School of Law, is currently in private law practice in Washington D.C. and New York City.Robert Raddick, former Glass Fellow in Crime & Justice at NYU School of Law, is currently in private law practice in Washington D.C. and New York City.