Organized Crime and American Power : : A History / / Michael Woodiwiss.
Organized crime, understood in a literal sense as systematic illegal activity for money or power, is as old as the first systems of law and government and as international as trade. Piracy, banditry, kidnapping, extortion, forgery, fraud, and trading in stolen or illegal goods and services are all a...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Old World Antecedents and the Rise of American Power
- 2 Whitewash: Racism, Xenophobia, and the Origins of 'Organized Crime' in the United States
- 3 Organized Crime and Corporate Power, 1865-1950
- 4 America's Moral Crusade and the Organization of Illegal Markets, 1789-1950
- 5 Organized Crime and the Dumbing of American Discourse, 1920 to the Present
- 6 Industrial and Corporate Racketeering, 1950 to the Present
- 7 Drugs: Private Enterprise and Government Bounty
- 8 American Power and the Dumbing of Global Discourse, 1945 to the Present
- Notes
- Index