East Side-West Side: Organizing Crime in New York 1930-50

About this book

Based on primary source documents this historical study establishes the interconnections between private violence and political social and economic life in New York from 1930-1950. By describing and analyzing both the social world and social system of organized crime Block provides a new perspective one based on racial and ethnic stereotypes. The book provides a penetrating look at one of the most misunderstood aspects of American society important for historians criminologists and sociologists.