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Author:

Seligman, Scott D, author.

Title:

Tong wars : the untold story of vice, money, and murder in New York's Chinatown / Scott D. Seligman.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

340 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Organized crime--New York--New York--History.
Chinese American criminals--New York--New York--History.
Chinese Americans--New York--New York--Social conditions.
Organized crime--New York (N.Y.)--History.
Chinese Americans--New York (N.Y.)--History.
Chinese Americans--Social conditions--New York (N.Y.).
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--History.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--History.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--History.

Summary:

A history of the vice district and gang wars of New York's Chinatown from the 1890s through the 1930s describes the widespread fight to control the district's gambling, opium, and prostitution.

ISBN:

0399562273
9780399562273 (hardcover)

LCCN:

bl2016021787

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)