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The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld (original 1928; edition 2001)

by Herbert Asbury

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A New York Times Bestseller Looking at the lurid side of organized crime from the 1800's to Prohibition, this is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence. Asbury presents the definitive work on this subject, an illumination of the gangs of old New York that ultimately gave rise to the modern Mafia.… (more)

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364.106097471Social sciences › Social problems & social services › Criminology › Criminal offenses › Organized Crime › Standard subdivisions › History, geographic treatment, biography

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HV6439.U7Social sciences › Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology › Social pathology. Social and public welfare. › Criminology › Crimes and offenses

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