Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime

by James B. Jacobs, Coleen Friel, Robert Raddick

Book Overview

Through an investigation of Cosa Nostra's activities, reveals the role of organized crime in the urban power structure

Cosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organized crime families. One cannot understand the history and political economy of New York City-or most other major American cities-in the 20th century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814742467
• ISBN13: 9780814742464
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

It worked for me ...

I used this book for research for a new novel set in 1973 (after the court ordered banning of Deep Throat). Gotham Unbound provided just enough information to get the job done. I'm pretty familiar with what this book covers. Nevertheless, the detail provided is enlightening.