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Author:

Cohen, Andrew Wender, 1968-

Title:

The racketeer's progress : Chicago and the struggle for the modern American economy, 1900-1940 / Andrew Wender Cohen.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xviii, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Skilled labor--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Labor unions--Chicago--Chicago--History.
Racketeering--Chicago.--Chicago.
Crime--Chicago--Chicago--History.
Social conflict--United States--History.
Labor laws and legislation--United States.
Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and index.

Contents:

Modernization and its discontents, 1900. -- Ruling the urban economy. -- The struggle for order. -- The Progressive reaction. -- Rhetoric into law. -- Containing mass society and the problem of corruption. -- From conspiracy to racketeering. -- The New Deal order from the bottom up. -- Epilogue: Policing the postwar consensus.

Series:

Cambridge historical studies in American law and society

ISBN:

9780521834667
052183466X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54356762

LCCN:

2004043554

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)