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From The Slot Machine Trust Of The Early 1900s To The Prolific Prohibition Era Bootleggers Allied With Al Capone, And For Decades Beyond, Organized Crime In Chicago Heights, Illinois, Represented A Vital Component Of The Chicago Outfit. Louis Corsino Taps Interviews, Archives, Government Documents, And His Own Family's History To Tell The Story Of The Chicago Heights Boys And Their Place In The City's Italian American Community In The Twentieth Century. Debunking The Popular Idea Of Organized Crime As A Uniquely Italian Enterprise, Corsino Delves Into The Social And Cultural Forces That Contributed To Illicit Activities. As He Shows, Discrimination Blocked Opportunities For Italians' Social Mobility And The Close-knit Italian Communities That Arose In Response To Such Limits Produced A Rich Supply Of Social Capital Italians Used To Pursue Alternative Routes To Success That Ranged From Italian Grocery Stores To Union Organizing To, On Occasion, Crime-- This Project Examines A Longstanding Organizational Component Of The Chicago Outfit Known As The Chicago Heights Boys. The Author Aims To Unravel The Mix Of Social And Cultural Discriminations Against Italians In The Early Part Of The

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Author

Louis Corsino

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780252096662

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, True Crime, Science