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Author Whalen, Robert Weldon, 1950-
Title Murder, Inc., and the moral life : gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York / Robert Weldon Whalen.
Publisher New York : Empire State Editions, Fordham University Press, [2016]


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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; List of Characters; Prologue: Naked City; 1 Reel Gangsters-Mobsters and the Movies; 2 Real Gangsters: Abe Reles and the Origins of Murder, Inc; 3 Gangster City; 4 Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption; 5 Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice; 6 Murder, Inc.: "I Got Used to It"; 7 A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc., Trials; 8 Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly; Epilogue: "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination"; Acknowledgments
NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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ISBN 9780823271580 (electronic bk.)
0823271587 (electronic bk.)
9780823271573
0823271579
0823271560
9780823271566
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Author Whalen, Robert Weldon, 1950-
Subject Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; List of Characters; Prologue: Naked City; 1 Reel Gangsters-Mobsters and the Movies; 2 Real Gangsters: Abe Reles and the Origins of Murder, Inc; 3 Gangster City; 4 Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption; 5 Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice; 6 Murder, Inc.: "I Got Used to It"; 7 A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc., Trials; 8 Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly; Epilogue: "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination"; Acknowledgments
NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780823271580 (electronic bk.)
0823271587 (electronic bk.)
9780823271573
0823271579
0823271560
9780823271566
Author Whalen, Robert Weldon, 1950-
Subject Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.

Subject Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; List of Characters; Prologue: Naked City; 1 Reel Gangsters-Mobsters and the Movies; 2 Real Gangsters: Abe Reles and the Origins of Murder, Inc; 3 Gangster City; 4 Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption; 5 Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice; 6 Murder, Inc.: "I Got Used to It"; 7 A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc., Trials; 8 Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly; Epilogue: "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination"; Acknowledgments
NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780823271580 (electronic bk.)
0823271587 (electronic bk.)
9780823271573
0823271579
0823271560
9780823271566
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