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Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875805344
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Gem of the Prairie written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic history of crime tells how Chicago's underworld earned and kept its reputation.
Author : Cynthia M. Blair
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022659758X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book I've Got to Make My Livin' written by Cynthia M. Blair and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, the interrelated histories of prostitution and cities have perked the ears of urban scholars, but until now the history of urban sex work has dealt only in passing with questions of race. In I’ve Got to Make My Livin’, Cynthia Blair explores African American women’s sex work in Chicago during the decades of some of the city’s most explosive growth, expanding not just our view of prostitution, but also of black women’s labor, the Great Migration, black and white reform movements, and the emergence of modern sexuality. Focusing on the notorious sex districts of the city’s south side, Blair paints a complex portrait of black prostitutes as conscious actors and historical agents; prostitution, she argues here, was both an arena of exploitation and abuse, as well as a means of resisting middle-class sexual and economic norms. Blair ultimately illustrates just how powerful these norms were, offering stories about the struggles that emerged among black and white urbanites in response to black women’s increasing visibility in the city’s sex economy. Through these powerful narratives, I’ve Got to Make My Livin’ reveals the intersecting racial struggles and sexual anxieties that underpinned the celebration of Chicago as the quintessentially modern twentieth-century city.
Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Gem of the Prairie written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Gangs of New York written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert M. Lombardo
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094484
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Organized Crime in Chicago written by Robert M. Lombardo and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-12-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that afforded protection to gambling, prostitution, and other vice activity in Chicago and other large American cities, Robert M. Lombardo challenges the dominant belief that organized crime in America descended directly from the Sicilian Mafia. According to this widespread "alien conspiracy" theory, organized crime evolved in a linear fashion beginning with the Mafia in Sicily, emerging in the form of the Black Hand in America's immigrant colonies, and culminating in the development of the Cosa Nostra in America's urban centers. Looking beyond this Mafia paradigm, this volume argues that the development of organized crime in Chicago and other large American cities was rooted in the social structure of American society. Specifically, Lombardo ties organized crime to the emergence of machine politics in America's urban centers. From nineteenth-century vice syndicates to the modern-day Outfit, Chicago's criminal underworld could not have existed without the blessing of those who controlled municipal, county, and state government. These practices were not imported from Sicily, Lombardo contends, but were bred in the socially disorganized slums of America where elected officials routinely franchised vice and crime in exchange for money and votes. This book also traces the history of the African-American community's participation in traditional organized crime in Chicago and offers new perspectives on the organizational structure of the Chicago Outfit, the traditional organized crime group in Chicago.
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ISBN 13 : 9780896724556
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (245 download)
Download or read book The Prairie Dog written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 100 color photos by a professional Texas photographer and science teacher showcase these gregarious rodents in their natural habitat. Graves discusses their varieties, habits, biology, range, and role in the ecosystem. Includes information on habitat decline by state since 1870, and where they can still be seen.
Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786259680
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book The Gangs Of Chicago written by Herbert Asbury and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic history of crime tells how Chicago’s underworld earned-and kept-its reputation. Recounting the lives of such notorious denizens as the original Mickey Finn, the mass murderer H. H. Holmes, and the three Car Barn Bandits, Asbury reveals life as it was lived in the criminal districts of the Levee, Hell’s Half-Acre, the Bad Lands, Little Cheyenne, Custom House Place, and the Black Hole. His description of Chicago’s infamous red light district-where the brothels boasted opulence unheard of before or since-vividly captures the wicked splendor that was Chicago. The Gangs of Chicago spans from the time “Slab Town” was settled to Prohibition days. The story of Chicago’s golden age of crime climaxes with a dramatic account of the careers of the “biggest of the Big Shots”: Big Jim Colosimo, Terrible Johnny Torrio, and the elusive Al Capone.
Author : June Culp Zeitner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Midwest Gem, Fossil, and Mineral Trails, Great Lakes States written by June Culp Zeitner and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurence Bergreen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439128456
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Capone written by Laurence Bergreen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant history of Prohibition and its most notorious gangster, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago where Al Capone forged his sinister empire. Bergreen shows the seedy and glamorous sides of the age, the rise of Prohibition, the illicit liquor trade, the battlefield that was Chicago. Delving beyond the Capone mythology. Bergreen finds a paradox: a coldblooded killer, thief, pimp, and racketeer who was also a devoted son and father; a self-styled Robin Hood who rose to the top of organized crime. Capone is a masterful portrait of an extraordinary time and of the one man who reigned supreme over it all, Al Capone.
Author : Henry Brooks Ellwanger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385484251
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book The Rose. A Treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Characteristics, etc., of the Various Groups of Roses, with Accurate Descriptions of the Varieties Now Generally Grown written by Henry Brooks Ellwanger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Author : Kathy J. Rygle
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0997014563
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Northeast Treasure Hunter's Gem and Mineral Guide (6th Edition) written by Kathy J. Rygle and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated 6th edition with new sites & museums! Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals NORTHEAST Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Indiana • Illinois • Maine Massachusetts • Maryland • Michigan • New Hampshire • New Jersey New York • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Vermont • Wisconsin Whether you're digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or "prospector," with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ... or at the very least, have fun trying. This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of "fee dig" mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety kits to the location of the nearest restrooms. Included are resources for use in identifying your finds, exploring the lapidary arts, and further pursuing an exciting―and possibly profitable―hobby. Equipment and Clothing: What you need and where to find it (or how to make it yourself). Mining Techniques: Step-by-step instructions on panning for gold, sluicing for gems and other methods. Gem and Mineral Sites: Directions and maps, hours, fees and equipment needed. Also includes info on guide services, local camping facilities and more. Museums and Mine Tours: Where to visit commercial and historical mines, as well as museums with exhibits of gems and minerals (for help in learning what to look for). Special Events and Tourist Information: Listings of regional events involving gems and minerals, and sources of general travel and tourism information for every state. Other Features: Where to find your birthstone, your anniversary stone or your zodiac stone; Index by State; Index by Gem/Mineral; U.S. State Gems & Minerals Chart; and more! The Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guides to the U.S.A. in 4 regional volumes: Northeast ISBN: 978-0-9970145-0-1 Northwest ISBN: 978-0-9904152-8-2 Southeast ISBN: 978-0-9970145-1-8 Southwest ISBN: 978-0-9904152-9-9
Author : American Angus Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book American Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book written by American Angus Association and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-book written by American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025207615X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Chicago Sports Reader written by Steven A. Riess and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history
Author : Alex Garel-Frantzen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846614
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Gangsters and Organized Crime in Jewish Chicago written by Alex Garel-Frantzen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of the Maxwell Street ghetto produced a proliferation of Jewish gangsters involved in everything from labor racketeering to white slavery. Their illegal activity offended their own community's value system and sparked rifts between Reform and Orthodox Jews. It also ignited tensions between city officials and Jewish leaders, indelibly marked the gentile population's perception of Chicago's Jews and shaped the city's West Side for years to come.
Author : American Short-horn Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1068 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book American Herd Book written by American Short-horn Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Ellwanger
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1429013877
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Rose written by Henry Ellwanger and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Ellwanger's 1892 work provides readers with accurate descriptions of commonly grown rose varieties as well as information on their propagation and care.
