{"product_id":"the-neighborhood-outfit-organized-crime-in-chicago-heights-hardback-9780252038716","title":"The Neighborhood Outfit; Organized Crime in Chicago Heights (Hardback) 9780252038716","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Neighborhood Outfit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOrganized Crime in Chicago Heights\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLouis Corsino (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252038716\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages, 3 black and white photographs, 1 chart, 7 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"An in-depth historical review and analysis of an important part of organized crime, the \"Outfit,\" in the Cook County, Illinois, suburb of Chicago Heights. This outstanding work of scholarship makes use of popular and scholarly sources, including the author's own family whose roots in the community go back generations. His book is a must for anyone interested in organized crime in Chicago and its environs.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Howard Abadinsky, author of \u003cu\u003eOrganized Crime\u003c\/u\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Corsino succeeds in \u003ci\u003eThe Neighborhood Outfit\u003c\/i\u003e, demolishing the essentialist perspective on Italian American participation in organized crime.\"--\u003ci\u003eItalian American Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Louis Corsino provides an in-depth historical review and analysis of an important part of organized crime, the \"Outfit,\" in the Cook County, Illinois, suburb of Chicago Heights. This outstanding work of scholarship makes use of popular and scholarly sources, including the author's own family whose roots in the community go back generations. His book is a must for anyone interested in organized crime in Chicago and its environs.\"--Howard Abadinsky, author of \u003ci\u003eOrganized Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCopyright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. Chicago Heights and Organized Crime\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. Were They Pushed? Cultural, Political, and Economic Discrimination\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Did They Jump? Labor Organizations, Mutual-Aid Societies, and Ethnic Businesses\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. You Can't Shoot Everyone\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eConclusion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520662466840,"sku":"9780252038716","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-neighborhood-outfit-organized-crime-in-chicago-heights-hardback-9780252038716","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}