Allerfeldt Crime and the Rise of Modern America

A History from 1865–1941
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-136-82153-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uniquely American system of crime and punishment from the end of the Civil War to the eve of World War II to understand how the rapidly-changing technology of transportation, media, and incarceration affected the criminal underworld.

In ten thematic chapters, Crime and the Rise of Modern America turns to the outlaws of the iconic West and the illegal distilleries of Prohibition, the turn-of-the-century immigrants, and the conmen who preyed on the people of the Promised Land, to examine how crime and America both changed, defining each other.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allerfeldt, Kristofer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Crimes of the Century

Chapter 1: Crime and the West

Chapter 2: Hate Crime

Chapter 3: Prostitution and Sex Crime

Chapter 4: Drink and Drugs

Chapter 5: Nationality, Race, and Crime

Chapter 6: Corporate and Business Crime

Chapter 7: Forgers, Swindlers, and Blackmailers

Chapter 8: Political Crime

Chapter 9: Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

Chapter 10: Lawmen and Vigilantes

Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Kristofer Allerfeldt is a lecturer at the University of Exeter where he teaches diverse American social and diplomatic history courses.