| Description |
xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters - Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of Murder, Inc. -- Ch. 3. Gangster City -- Ch. 4. Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption -- Ch. 5. Gangbuster. Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice -- Ch. 6. Murder, Inc. "I Got Used to It." -- Ch. 7. A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc. Trials -- Ch. 8. Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly -- Epilogue. "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination" -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
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| Added Title |
Gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York |
| ISBN |
9780823271559 (hardback) |
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0823271552 (hardback) |
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