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...”


The Racketeer's Progress

The Racketeer's Progress

Author: Andrew Wender Cohen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-05-03

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780521834667

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"The Racketeer's Progress explores the contested and contingent origins of the modern American economy by examining the violent resistance to its development. Historians often portray Chicago as an unregulated industrial metropolis, composed of factories and immigrant labourers. In fact, the city was home to thousands of craftsmen - carpenters, teamsters, barbers, butchers, etc. - who formed unions and associations that governed commerce through pickets, assaults, and bombings. Working together, these groups forcefully challenged the power of national corporations and physically managed the development of mass culture in the city."--BOOK JACKET.


Racketeers of Europe

Racketeers of Europe

Author: W. A. S. Douglas

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0811753255

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Originally published in the 1930's, this book is a mocking exposé of European dictators, comparing them to American gangsters like Al Capone.


Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers

Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers

Author: Herman W. Benson

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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"This volume fillls a neglected chapter in contemporary history. The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, which provided federal support for civil liberties and fair elections in unions, triggered a wave of insurgency as reformers throughout the labort movement fought to gain control of their unions by strengthening union democracy and eradicating corruption. This is their story." -- Back cover.


Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941

Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941

Author: Kristofer Allerfeldt

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 147667065X

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Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians? Why do they immortalize Al Capone while forgetting his more successful contemporaries George Remus or Roy Olmstead? Why are some public figures repudiated for their connections to the mob while others gain celebrity status? Drawing on historical accounts, the author analyzes the public's understanding of organized crime and questions some of our most deeply held assumptions about crime and its role in society.