Crime and the rise of modern America : a history from 1865-1941 / Kristofer Allerfeldt.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Allerfeldt, Kristofer, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Crime--United States--History--19th century.
• Crime--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uniquely American system of crime and punishment from the end of the Civil War to the eve of World War II to understand how the rapidly-changing technology of transportation, media, and incarceration affected the criminal underworld.In ten thematic chapters, Crime and the Rise of Modern America turns to the outlaws of the iconic West and the illegal distilleries of Prohibition, the turn-of-the-century immigrants, and the conmen who preyed on

Contents:

• The crimes of the century
• Crime and the West
• Hate crime
• Policing and imprisonment
• Conmen, swindlers, and dupes
• Business and financial crime
• Prohibitions
• Sex crime
• Political crime : scandal, sleaze and corruption
• Terrorists : rebels, radicals and freedom fighters and criminals with a cause
• Immigration and crime.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-242) and index.

ISBN:

• 1-136-82152-X
• 1-283-04028-X
• 9786613040282
• 1-136-82153-8
• 0-203-83032-6

OCLC:

707068765