E-book
Murder in the garment district : the grip of organized crime and the decline of labor in the United States
Record details
- ISBN: 1620974649
- ISBN: 9781620974643
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Intro -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 A MURDER IN THE GARMENT DISTRICT: POWER AND PRESSURE -- 2 SHOTS IN THE DARK: VIOLENCE AND APATHY -- 3 THE WORKINGS OF RACKETEERING: BLOOD AND PROFIT -- 4 AN ORGANIZER'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE: RAGE AND DIGNITY -- 5 A PATTERN OF ACCOMMODATION: ALLIES AND ENEMIES -- 6 THE USES OF FEAR: AMBITION AND MANIPULATION -- 7 THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS -- REVELATION AND RHETORIC -- 8 THE 1958 DRESS STRIKE AND THE ETHICAL PRACTICES COMMITTEE: RESISTANCE AND RESIGNATION -- AFTERWORD: THE ENEMY WITHIN -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Labor unions -- United States -- History Racketeering -- United States -- History Mafia -- United States -- History Organized crime -- United States -- History |
| Genre: | Electronic books. History. |
