Illegal enterprise : the work of historian Mark Haller / Mark H. Haller; edited by Matthew G. Yeager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haller, Mark H., 1928- author.

Contributor:

Yeager, Matthew G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--United States.

Organized crime.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, [2013].

Summary:

Representing over four decades of work, this monograph by historian Mark H. Haller includes his work on organized crime, particularly the origins of John Landesco's now classic work titled Organized Crime in Chicago (1968). Essays on organized crime in both Philadelphia and Chicago, as well as vignettes on Al "Scarface" Capone, Arnold "The Brainö Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, and Max "Boo Booö Hoff, provide readers with a lively selection of Haller's commentary. Finally, this book incorporates Haller's critique of the Mafia model of organized crime and his elaboration of the illegal enterprise model of gangsters and their role in the American subeconomy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Chicago

Chapter 1 Formation of the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice 3

Chapter 2 John Landesco and the Illinois Crime Survey 23

Chapter 3 Organized Crime in Urban Society: Chicago in the Twentieth Century 35

Chapter 4 Biographical Sketches 61

Part II Philadelphia

Chapter 5 Philadelphia Bootlegging and the Report of the Special August Grand Jury 83

Chapter 6 The Bruno Family of Philadelphia: Organized Crime as a Regulatory Agency 103

Chapter 7 Loansharking in Philadelphia: Social Control in an Illegal Enterprise 121

Part III Illegal Enterprise Theory

Chapter 8 The Changing Structure of American Gambling in the Twentieth Century 137

Chapter 9 Loansharking in American Cities: Historical Analysis of a Marginal Enterprise 165

Chapter 10 Bootleggers as Businessmen: From City Slums to City Builders 199

Chapter 11 Illegal Enterprise: A Theoretical and Historical Interpretation 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761860614

9780761860617

OCLC:

843079261