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Author:

Lawson, Ellen NicKenzie.

Title:

Smugglers, bootleggers, and scofflaws : prohibition and New York City / Ellen NicKenzie Lawson.

Publisher:

Excelsior editionsState University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvi, 158 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Prohibition--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Crime--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Criminals--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Smugglers--New York--New York--History--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages145-149) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- New York's Rum Row -- Long Island, Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey -- Landfall Manhattan -- The Broadway Mob -- Scofflaw City -- Unprecedented Repeal : the 21st Amendment -- Manahachtanienk -- Appendix: Selected Primary Documents.

ISBN:

9781461944706
1461944708
1438448163
9781438448169

OCLC:

(OCoLC)819531707

LCCN:

2012044468

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)