Gangland Chicago: Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442231955 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 404 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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As a writer, I have always been impressed by the author’s ability to study difficult to research topics. Gangland Chicago should take its rightful place at the top of all American History syllabi and reading lists. This expansive chronicle of criminal violence in Chicago traces the roots of today’s gang violence back to the late 19th century, when parlor gambling and brothels laid a foundation of lawlessness among transients, railroaders, and military men that eventually attracted renowned gangsters like Al Capone to the Windy City. The author’s last book, The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. With a historian's trained eye, he examines social conditions, the impact of economic, ethnic and racial segregation, the scourge of poverty, despair and failed reform movements dating back to the Civil War period and continuing into the New Millennium – all contributing factors to the rise of criminal
Lindberg details how both “organized” and “dis-organized” street gangs have paralyzed city neighborhoods and transformed the crimes of the Windy City from street thuggery and common ruffians protected and nurtured by politicians into a protected class is gripping. , Gang violence and street crime is endemic in contemporary Chicago. Gangland Chicago is full of stories of unchecked violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. Gangland Chicago is a revealing look at the Chicago underworld of yesterday and today. This engrossing tale of gangs and organized criminality begins in the frontier saloons situated in the marshy flats of Chicago, the future world class city of Mid-continent. Richard Lindberg takes the reader on a journey through decades of a troubled past to delve deep into the evolution of street gangs and organized violence endemic in Chicago. Gangland Chicago explores the changing patterns of criminal behavior, politics, gangs, youth crime and the failures of reform in its historic totality. This comprehensive volume is sure to entertain and inform any reader interested in the evolution of organized crime and gangs in America’s most representative city of the American Heartland.. Unlike other standard true crime accounts focused exclusively on the Prohibition era, this historical look-back probes the obscure and forgotten dark corners of city crime history. There is much more to the saga of crime, politics, and armed vi
on numerous talk shows and cable documentaries of national and local origin including A & E’s American Justice, Cities of the Underworld, Deadly Women, History’s Mysteries, American Chronicle, and many others. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago’s Democratic Machine, winner of the 2009 Best Biography Award presented by the Society of Midland Authors and Whiskey Breakfast: My Swedish Family My American Life, named the best non-fiction book of 2011 by
Biart Williams said Gangland Chicago is a Rand-McNally criminal roadmap of Chicago and the surrounding area.. 1. Richard Lindberg's Gangland Chicago is a well-documented tome of Chicago crime covering the ruffian, outlaw gangs of the post-Civil War period to organized crime in the Roaring Twenties to today's drug dealers. The book also reflects on the aches and pains of a city rising from a small frontier outpost to a thriving metropolis, stamped with Chicago's unique brand of big boss politics."Gangland Chicago is a Rand-McNally criminal roadmap of Chicago and the surrounding area." according to Biart Williams. 1. Richard Lindberg's Gangland Chicago is a well-documented tome of Chicago crime covering the ruffian, outlaw gangs of the post-Civil War period to organized crime in the Roaring Twenties to today's drug dealers. The book also reflects on the aches and pains of a city rising from a small frontier outpost to a thriving metropolis, stamped with Chicago's unique brand of big boss politics.2. The book, is a Rand-Mcnally criminal roadmap of Chi. . The book, is a Rand-Mcnally criminal roadmap of Chi. Five Stars Ed Bara Good insight into the gangs, beginnings through to the present. Entertaining reading, as well as historical