Gangsters To Governors

Author : David Clary
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780813584560

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Gangsters to Governors by David Clary Pdf

Winner of the 2018 Current Events/Social Change Book Award from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner of the 2018 Bronze Current Events Book Award from the Independent Publisher Book Awards Generations ago, gambling in America was an illicit activity, dominated by gangsters like Benny Binion and Bugsy Siegel. Today, forty-eight out of fifty states permit some form of legal gambling, and America’s governors sit at the head of the gaming table. But have states become addicted to the revenue gambling can bring? And does the potential of increased revenue lead them to place risky bets on new casinos, lotteries, and online games? In Gangsters to Governors, journalist David Clary investigates the pros and cons of the shift toward state-run gambling. Unearthing the sordid history of America’s gaming underground, he demonstrates the problems with prohibiting gambling while revealing how today’s governors, all competing for a piece of the action, promise their citizens payouts that are rarely delivered. Clary introduces us to a rogue’s gallery of colorful characters, from John “Old Smoke” Morrissey, the Irish-born gangster who built Saratoga into a gambling haven in the nineteenth century, to Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate who has furiously lobbied against online betting. By exploring the controversial histories of legal and illegal gambling in America, he offers a fresh perspective on current controversies, including bans on sports and online betting. Entertaining and thought-provoking, Gangsters to Governors considers the past, present, and future of our gambling nation. Author's website (http://www.davidclaryauthor.com)

Author : Jim Ridings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 0982408005

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Len Small by Jim Ridings Pdf

"Len Small was governor of Illinois during most of the 1920s. Almost all of Al Capone's career in Chicago happened at the same time, and there definitely was a tie between the governor and the gangster ..."--page 1.

Author : Martin Mccauley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317879466

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Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia by Martin Mccauley Pdf

During the 1990s, the "roving bandits", big business or the oligarchs, stole Russia. They gained influence over President Yeltsin and his government, and gradually shaped policy in their own interests. In this first comprehensive account to explain why Russia took the course it did, Martin McCauley examines the period through the prism of government, including Yeltsin's shadow government, and looks at the military, police, security and intelligence services. Relations between Moscow and the regions, industry, agriculture, social policy and foreign policy are also explored.

Author : Carl A. Trocki
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501719424

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Gangsters, Democracy, and the State in Southeast Asia by Carl A. Trocki Pdf

An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine the electoral process, conflicts between central and local governments, conflicts between individual freedoms and state power, and the roles charismatic, opportunistic strongmen have played in Southeast Asian politics, most notably in Thailand, Burma, and the Philippines.

Author : Herbert C. Covey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780313399305

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Crips and Bloods by Herbert C. Covey Pdf

This book provides a concise and engaging examination of the subculture of the Crips and Bloods—the notorious street gangs that started in Los Angeles, but have now spread throughout the United States. Despite the dangers and harsh realities intrinsic to street life and criminal activity, the no-holds-barred lifestyle of gangs continues to interest mainstream America. This provocative book provides an insider's look into the subculture of two of the most notorious street gangs—the Crips and the Bloods. Crips and Bloods: A Guide to an American Subculture traces the evolution of the two gangs, covering their origins in South Central Los Angeles to the organizations' current presence throughout the United States. The author analyzes the ways in which the gang subculture is created, promoted, and perpetuated; shows how the groups currently recruit their members; and explores the ways Crip and Blood culture has expanded beyond the gangs into the larger mainstream society.

Author : Jim Ridings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692051570

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Len Small by Jim Ridings Pdf

Governor Len Small in the 1920s, When Al Capone Owned the Top Officials In Illinois. This book tells the whole story of the most corrupt governor in Illinois history.

Author : Jim Ridings
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0738583731

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Chicago to Springfield by Jim Ridings Pdf

The story of Chicago gangsters in the 1920s is legendary. Less talked about is the tale of the politicians who allowed those gangsters to thrive. During the heyday of organized crime in the Prohibition era, Chicago mayor "Big Bill" Thompson and Gov. Len Small were the two most powerful political figures in Illinois. Thompson campaigned on making Chicago "a wide open town" for bootleggers. Small sold thousands of pardons and paroles to criminals, embezzled $1 million, and was then acquitted after mobsters bribed the jury. This book is the story of those Jazz Age politicians whose careers in government thrived on and endorsed corruption and racketeering, from Chicago to Springfield. It complements author Jim Ridings's groundbreaking biography, Len Small: Governors and Gangsters, which was praised by critics and situated Ridings as a trailblazer among Chicago crime authors.

Author : Kexue Ma
Publisher : Kexue Ma
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Martial Arts Novels: Meeting Gangsters Again by Kexue Ma Pdf

Author : Selden Richardson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781614235026

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The Tri-State Gang in Richmond by Selden Richardson Pdf

The 1930s was a tough decade, one made even tougher by Prohibition. During this lawless time in American history, a group of criminals called the Tri-State Gang emerged from Philadelphia and spread their operations south, through Baltimore to Richmond, wreaking bloody havoc and brutally eliminating those who knew too much about their heists. Once termed the "Dillingers of the East," Robert Mais and Walter Legenza led their men and molls on a violent journey of robberies, murders, and escapes up and down the East Coast. Join historian Selden Richardson as he recounts the story of this whirlwind of crime and how it finally reached its climax in Richmond.

Author : Danilo Mandić
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691200057

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Gangsters and Other Statesmen by Danilo Mandić Pdf

How global organized crime shapes the politics of borders in modern conflicts Separatism has been on the rise across the world since the end of the Cold War, dividing countries through political strife, ethnic conflict, and civil war, and redrawing the political map. Gangsters and Other Statesmen examines the role transnational mafias play in the success and failure of separatist movements, challenging conventional wisdom about the interrelation of organized crime with peacebuilding, nationalism, and state making. Danilo Mandić conducted fieldwork in the disputed territories of Kosovo and South Ossetia, talking to mobsters, separatists, and policymakers in war zones and along major smuggling routes. In this timely and provocative book, he demonstrates how globalized mafias shape the politics of borders in torn states, shedding critical light on an autonomous nonstate actor that has been largely sidelined by considerations of geopolitics, state-centered agency, and ethnonationalism. Blending extensive archival sleuthing and original ethnographic data with insights from sociology and other disciplines, Mandić argues that organized crime can be a fateful determinant of state capacity, separatist success, and ethnic conflict. Putting mafias at the center of global processes of separatism and territorial consolidation, Gangsters and Other Statesmen raises vital questions and urges reconsideration of a host of separatist cases in West Africa, the Middle East, and East Europe.

Author : Orlando Fioravanti
Publisher : Kindle
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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White Rhino The Memoirs Of An American Teenage Gangster by Orlando Fioravanti Pdf

White Rhino is the true, life story of reputed Italian gangster, Orlando Fioravanti's change from living a life of crime, to a life of serving God. In the book, Orlando takes you back to the mid 80's when he was just a teen-ager. A wild teenager who was given the rare opportunity to distribute cocaine in large quantities in the Philadelphia tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Due to Orlando's connections he spent 12 years living an amazing life and lifestyle, as Orlando takes you on the ins and outs of "the game", and all that comes with it like money, power, women, and event movie stars. Travel along all those years with Orlando, and his crew of three that he would assemble to insulate him from the bullets, and the feds. Where it wouldn't be until 14 years after Orlando began living a lifestyle of a King in America that he would finally be convicted of a crime and sentenced to 15 years of hard time. Walk with Orlando through the old penitentiary as it was called back then, to see, hear, and smell, what it was like to do hard time. So hard that due to Orlando tussling with a prison guard he was thrown in the RHU, better known as the hole, for a one year torture session with the guards. A torture session neither he nor anyone else who assaulted staff was supposed to, live through. It was at that time, that upon Orlando's death, he had an encounter with God. One that would bring him back alive, with the knowledge of a secret from the Bible, and a message from God.

Author : Steve Flowers
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603063654

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Of Goats & Governors by Steve Flowers Pdf

Few states have as colorful a political history as Alabama, especially in the post-World War II era. During the past six decades, the state played a central role in the civil rights movement, largely moved away from its earlier farm-based economy and culture, and transitioned from a relatively moderate-progressive Democratic Party politics to today's hard-core conservative Republican Party domination. Moving onto and off Alabama's electoral stage during all these transformations have been some of the most interesting figures in 20th-century American government and politics. Swirling around these elected officials in the Heart of Dixie are stories, legends, and jokes that are told and retold by political insiders, journalists, and scholars who follow the goings-on in Washington and Montgomery. In Alabama, it seems, politics is not only a blood sport but high entertainment. There could be no better guide to this colorful history than political columnist and commentator Steve Flowers.

Author : Lois A. Glewwe
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625854131

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South St. Paul by Lois A. Glewwe Pdf

Incorporated in 1887, South St. Paul grew rapidly as the blue-collar counterpart to the bright lights and sophistication of its cosmopolitan neighbors Minneapolis and St. Paul. Its prosperous stockyards and slaughterhouses ranked the city among America's largest meatpacking centers. The proud city fell on hard economic times in the second half of the twentieth century. Broad swaths of empty buildings were razed as an enticement to promised redevelopment programs that never happened. In 1990, South St. Paul began to chart out its own successful path to renewal with a pristine riverfront park, a trail system and a business park where the stockyards once stood. Author and historian Lois A. Glewwe brings the story of the city's revival to life in this history of a remarkable community.

Author : Ezio Costanzo
Publisher : Enigma Books
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781936274949

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The Mafia and the Allies by Ezio Costanzo Pdf

Within weeks of the Pearl Harbor attack and the declaration of war on the United States by Germany and Italy, US war plans included the defense of the East Coast and the invasion of Sicily. Here, Ezio Costanzo examines the many elements of this secret scenario, which included long-suppressed information about cooperation between the Mafia and the US Army. The results came in the aftermath of the invasion, during the new military government that gave many Mafia leaders important administrative positions. Seen from an Italian standpoint, the success of US forces is examined in detail and many questions are finally answered.

Author : Bradley W. Rasch
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781475963045

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The Governors of Illinois and the Mayors of Chicago by Bradley W. Rasch Pdf

From Sharach Bond, who served as the first governor of Illinois beginning in 1818, to William Ogden, Chicago's first mayor, many powerful men and women have played vital roles in the political life and climate of both Chicago and Illinois. The Governors of Illinois and the Mayors of Chicago provides biographies for the state's most important power brokers. In this study, author Bradley W. Rasch explores the history of the state, its politics, and its power brokers and details little-known facts about some of the important people: - Edward Coles, who served as governor from 1822 to 1826, was an abolitionist long before it was fashionable. - Gov. Joseph Duncan's (1834-1838) major accomplishment was moving the state capital to Springfield. - William Ogden is called Chicago's founder and served as the first mayor after its incorporation, which he helped facilitate. - Mayor Augustus Garrett served as mayor twice but is best known for having his second election invalidated due to fraud. Filled with an interesting array of facts and trivia, The Governors of Illinois and the Mayors of Chicago shows how many of the people who served in these positions have gone on to receive national and international acclaim and influence.