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6 produkter
Contraband
Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century
Inbunden, 2015
279 kr
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In the frigid winter of 1875, federal agents tracked Charles L. Lawrence, an intimate of Boss Tweed and the most promiscuous smuggler in American history. Leading a network spanning four continents and lasting half a decade, “Charley” smuggled silk worth $60 million into the United States.Since the …
The Racketeer's Progress
Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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The Racketeer's Progress explores the contested and contingent origins of the modern American economy by examining the violent resistance to its development. It explains how carpenters, teamsters, barbers, musicians and others organised to thwart ambitious national corporations. Unions and …
The Racketeer's Progress
Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940
Inbunden, 2004
1777 kr
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The Racketeer's Progress explores the contested and contingent origins of the modern American economy by examining the violent resistance to its development. It explains how carpenters, teamsters, barbers, musicians and others organised to thwart ambitious national corporations. Unions and …
Gangster of New York
A Violent Life in Nineteenth Century America
Inbunden, 2026
448 kr
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This is the story of Louis Bieral, a nineteenth-century gangster, politician, sportsman, and Civil War hero. Kidnapped from his birthplace in revolutionary South America, he doused fires in Jacksonian New York, battled Sumatran pirates with the US Navy, and panned for California gold. As a crime …
