Wartime Racketeers
Wartime Racketeers

Author: Harry Lever

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1839741481

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Wartime Racketeers, first published in 1945 by newspaper reporters Harry Lever and Joseph Young, is a fascinating look at the multitude of schemes, scams, frauds, and rackets used in World War II to swindle the government, soldiers, and private citizens. The authors, using records from the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Better Business Bureau, and other sources, have complied a highly readable account of the many ways the racketeers operated, and the methods used to combat them. From simple scams to multimillion-dollar white collar crime rings, Wartime Racketeers provides a unique insight into this little-known aspect of the War, and as the author's state in their Introduction, “There are people in America who hope that the war will never end. The longer it lasts, the more money will line their pockets...”

Shadow of the Racketeer
Shadow of the Racketeer

Author: David Scott Witwer

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0252076664

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A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it

American Gold Digger
American Gold Digger

Author: Brian Donovan

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2020-10-05

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1469660296

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The stereotype of the "gold digger" has had a fascinating trajectory in twentieth-century America, from tales of greedy flapper-era chorus girls to tabloid coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and her octogenarian tycoon husband. The term entered American vernacular in the 1910s as women began to assert greater power over courtship, marriage, and finances, threatening men's control of legal and economic structures. Over the course of the century, the gold digger stereotype reappeared as women pressed for further control over love, sex, and money while laws failed to keep pace with such realignments. The gold digger can be seen in silent films, vaudeville jokes, hip hop lyrics, and reality television. Whether feared, admired, or desired, the figure of the gold digger appears almost everywhere gender, sexuality, class, and race collide. This fascinating interdisciplinary work reveals the assumptions and disputes around women's sexual agency in American life, shedding new light on the cultural and legal forces underpinning romantic, sexual, and marital relationships.

Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939–45
Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939–45

Author: Richard Farmer

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2016-06-24

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1784997803

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In this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films.

Congressional Record
Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1953

Total Pages: 1196

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)