The Violent Years

Author : Paul R. Kavieff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015071309051

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The Violent Years by Paul R. Kavieff Pdf

ABE: black hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover fine cond. nice clean copy. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper fine cond. , not worn or torn or price clipped. first edition so stated . first printing (nap). endpaper maps. xi+227p +acknowledgments. glossy b&w photo. illustrations. biblio. index. american history. conspiracy theory. history of detroit. politics. organized crime. mafia. purple gang. secret societies. true crime. police corruption. political corruption. bootlegging. history of canada. sam orlando. joe moceri. leo moceri. sam stemlo. chas delberto . rocco. frank di mercuro. chas postestio. max stern. pete licavoli. giannola~vitali gang war. black hand. joseph zerilli. black bill tocco. frankie cammarata. scarface bommarito. abe bernstein. killer burke. legs laman. russian shorty kozak. mayor richard reading. eddie sarkesian. isadore bernstein. jaworski gang. reubin cohen. irving feldman. lou jacobs. red o'riordan. buffalo harry rosenberg. ferguson grand jury. " ~prohibition era Detroit was a place of tremendous wealth and brutal violence. The boom years that this country witnessed after World War I brought great wealth to many For those with newfound prosperity, it became a status symbol to invite their personal bootlegger to their parties and to hobknob with known gangsters. The life of the gangsters was a glamorous one. Not only did they supply the booze, they carried with them an aura of excitement and danger. The Violent Years, a companion volume to Kavieff's best~selling book The Purple Gang, tells the story of these wild times. The Purple Gang, briefly covered here, was a predominantly Jewish group of thugs. Though the Purples were the dominant organized crime force in Detroit, there were numerous others, representing many European ethnic groups. All scrambled to grab a piece of the profit to be made selling illegal liquor. It is these secondary groups that are the grist for this book. In these pages you will read about the gruesome gang warfare that went on between two Italian mobs, the Giannola and Vitale gangs. Kavieff describes in detail the brutal kidnappings that were the specialty of the Irish "Legs" Laman Gang. Then there were the bold daylight holdups executed by the Polish Jaworski gang as well as many other unbelievable acts of crime and violence ~The Violent Years shows how the Italian mafia families consolidated their power and cornered the market on such rackets as narcotics and numbers running, thus paving the way for Detroit's modern mafia family.". Bookseller Inventory # 8211207.

Author : Rob Craig
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786454235

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Ed Wood, Mad Genius by Rob Craig Pdf

Filmmaker Ed Wood was controversial and critically maligned, even labeled "the worst director of all time," yet he achieved cult status and remains of great interest today. This book frames Wood's work, such as the cross-dressing themed Glen or Glenda? and the haphazard Bride of the Monster, as reflections of the culture of their era. Wood invariably worked with infinitesimal budgets, shooting at breakneck speed, incorporating plot twists that defied all logic. Yet there was a tangible if unfocused thematic thrust to Wood's films, which meditate fitfully on gender, religion and society, revealing a "holy trinity" of fixations--sex, death and resurrection. Wood's infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space encapsulates the fixations and flaws that were his hallmarks, and with 22 other films, is explored here. A filmography and 47 photographs are included.

Author : Sven A. Christianson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470015070

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Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes by Sven A. Christianson Pdf

Violent offenders often claim amnesia in order to avoid punishment. It is important for investigators and juries to ascertain whether such amnesia is genuine or feigned - an offender with amnesia is not able to enter a plea, and issues of automatism are raised.

Author : Sina Emde,Markus Schlecker,Elaine Russell,Christina Schwenkel,Susan Hammond,Krisna Uk,Ian G. Baird
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789971697013

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Interactions with a Violent Past by Sina Emde,Markus Schlecker,Elaine Russell,Christina Schwenkel,Susan Hammond,Krisna Uk,Ian G. Baird Pdf

The Second and Third Indochina Wars are the subject of important ongoing scholarship, but there has been little research on the lasting impact of wartime violence on local societies and populations, in Vietnam as well as in Laos and Cambodia. Today's Lao, Vietnamese and Cambodian landscapes bear the imprint of competing violent ideologies and their perilous material manifestations. From battlefields and massively bombed terrain to reeducation camps and resettled villages, the past lingers on in the physical environment. The nine essays in this volume discuss post-conflict landscapes as contested spaces imbued with memory-work conveying differing interpretations of the recent past, expressed through material (even, monumental) objects, ritual performances, and oral narratives (or silences). While Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese landscapes are filled with tenacious traces of a violent past, creating an unsolicited and malevolent sense of place among their inhabitants, they can in turn be transformed by actions of resilient and resourceful local communities.

Author : Sara Walters
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781728234113

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The Violent Season by Sara Walters Pdf

The unputdownable debut thriller you will never forget. There is something terribly wrong in Wolf Ridge. Every November, every teen is overwhelmed with a hunger for violence...at least, that's the urban legend. After Wyatt Green's mother was brutally murdered last Fall, she's convinced that the November sickness plaguing Wolf Ridge isn't just a town rumor that everyone ignores...it's a palpable force infecting her neighbors. Wyatt is going to prove it, and find her mother's murderer in the process. She digs up every past brutal act she can find from Wolf Ridge's past—from car wrecks, suicides, and unnamed victims turning up in rivers—and even reaches out to an out-of-state journalist that seems to believe her. But all of her digging leads to nowhere. Everyone in Wolf Ridge accepts that the November sickness is real, and absolutely no one will talk about it. As Wyatt's best friend Cash turns on her, and her friend is almost killed in a tragic accident, Wyatt panics—how can she keep her friends safe, and find her mother's murderer, when no one believes her? As the evidence stars to disappear, Wyatt wonders: is she just imagining everything? Is the sickness real, or are the people of Wolf Ridge just naturally prone to doing bad things? Can Wyatt and her friends come out of the Violent Season unscathed, or is one of them going to be the next victim? "Holy sh....... Can I just say that? Can that be the review? Technically yes, but I **NEED** to say that this is without a doubt and by far one of the best books I have read this year!"—Brittney Green, Netgalley Reviewer "A freaking INCREDIBLE debut for Sara Walters. I have not felt this pull to a book in a hot minute. PREORDER IT, ADD IT TO YOUR TBR, AND WAIT IMPATIENTLY FOR OCTOBER BECAUSE THIS BOOK WAS ?????"—Tiffany Clark, Netgalley Reviewer "Be prepared to be captivated after the first sentence."—Rachel Milburn, Netgalley Reviewer

Author : United States. Employment and Training Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112003365092

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200 Years of American Worklife by United States. Employment and Training Administration Pdf

Author : Jim O'Neil,Mel Fazzino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Police
ISBN : 1569803722

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A Cop's Tale by Jim O'Neil,Mel Fazzino Pdf

A Cop's Tale focuses on New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s to early 1980s. Jim O'Neil - a former NYPD cop - delivers a rare look at the brand of law enforcement that ended Frank Lucas's grip on the Harlem drug trade, his cracking open of the Black Liberation Army case, and his experience as the first cop on the scene at the Dog Day Afternoon bank robbery.

Author : Uddipana Goswami
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000638615

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Gendering Peace in Violent Peripheries by Uddipana Goswami Pdf

This book forwards Assam (and Northeast India) as a specific location for studying operations of gendered power in multi-ethnic, conflict-habituated geopolitical peripheries globally. In the shifting and relational margins of such peripheral societies, power and agency are constantly negotiated and in flux. Notions of masculinity are redefined in an interlaced environment of militarization, hyper-masculinization, and gendered violence. These interconnections inform victimhood and agency among the most vulnerable marginalized constituencies – namely, women and migrants. By centering the marginalized in its inquiry, the book analyzes obstacles to achieving positive, organic peace based on cooperation and mutual healing. The tools used to perpetuate an endless cycle of violence that makes conflict a habit – a way of life – are identified in order to enable resistance against them from within the margins. Such resistance must be based on reflexivity and strategic, cautious radicalism. This involves critically interrogating the inherent connections between engendered pasts and feminist futures, local changes and global contexts, as well as between small, incremental changes and big shifts impacting entire societies, nations, and global orders. This book will be of much interest to students of ethnic conflict, conflict resolution, feminist peace, and Asian/South Asian politics.

Author : Bouko de Groot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472819123

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Dutch Armies of the 80 Years’ War 1568–1648 (1) by Bouko de Groot Pdf

The 80 Years' War (also known as the Dutch War of Independence) was the foundation of Dutch nationhood, and during the course of the conflict one of its main leaders – Maurice of Orange-Nassau – created an army and a tactical system that became a model throughout Europe. This study, the first of a two-part series, focuses on the Dutch infantry. It examines how Maurice of Orange-Nassau attracted volunteers and students from across Europe, introduced innovative new training methods such as common drill movements, and standardised the organisation and payment system of the army to make it more than a match for the occupying Spanish. His successes inspired officers and generals across the continent to copy his methods, including many English officers who went on to fight in the English Civil Wars. Featuring full-colour artwork and rare period illustrations, this book examines how the Dutch infantry was transformed into a fighting force able to defeat the might of Imperial Spain.

Author : Francisco C. Aspuria
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798886448672

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BUENAVISTA by Francisco C. Aspuria Pdf

Buenavista--an agricultural place transformed into a congested semi suburbanite setting because of progress. The book recalls the struggles of the poor but resilient early Kamarinians, mostly landless but hardworking peasants who toiled the land of the well-to-do landowners just to exist meagerly. This is the story of the rural people, derogatorily referred to as "mga taga bundok" (the mountain people). They worked hard not to prove their worth but to survive. They survived because they were resilient; they endured because they were God-fearing people. They are the people of the barrio, and they have nothing to be ashamed of. They are proud of who they are and what they are.

Author : Ann Maire Kordas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317321361

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The Politics of Childhood in Cold War America by Ann Maire Kordas Pdf

This study examines how childhood and adolescence were shaped by – and contributed to – Cold War politics in America.

Author : Sanja Bahun,V.G. Julie Rajan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317001751

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Violence and Gender in the Globalized World by Sanja Bahun,V.G. Julie Rajan Pdf

Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the critical picture of gender and violence in the age of globalization by introducing a variety of uncommonly discussed geo-political sites and dynamics. The volume hosts methodologically and disciplinarily diverse contributions from around the world, discussing various contexts including Chechnya, Germany, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Palestine, the former Yugoslavia, Syria, South Africa, the United States, and the Internet. Bringing together scholars’ and activists’ historicized and site-specific perspectives, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice concerning violence, gender, and agency. In this revised and updated edition, the scope of inquiry is expanded to incorporate phenomena that have recently come to the forefront of public and scholarly scrutiny, such as Internet-based discourses of violence, female suicide bombers, and the Islamic State’s violence against women. At the same time, new data and developments are brought to bear on earlier discussions of violence against women across the globe in order to bring them fully up to date. With an international team of contributors, comprising eminent scholars, activists and policy-makers, this volume will be of interest to anyone conducting research in the areas of gender and sexuality, human rights, cultural studies, law, sociology, political science, history, post-colonialism and colonialism, anthropology, philosophy and religion.

Author : Molly M. Melin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197579367

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The Building and Breaking of Peace by Molly M. Melin Pdf

Private corporations are rarely discussed as playing a role in efforts to curb civil violence, even though they often have strong interests in maintaining stability. Violence often damages the infrastructure necessary to deliver goods to market or may directly target companies. Corporations also have a normative obligation to conduct business in ways that promote peace. While there are historical examples of firm-instigated violence and firms reaping benefits from instability and conflict, there is also evidence that corporations proactively engage in peacebuilding. For example, firms devise programs to promote economic development, offer access to education, and employ former combatants. In The Building and Breaking of Peace, Molly M. Melin develops a theory of the conflicting roles corporations play in both building and preventing peace. Melin shows that corporations engage in peacebuilding when there is a gap in the state's capacity to enforce laws, but they also weigh the opportunity costs of peacebuilding, responding to the need for action when conditions enable them to do so. Firms are uniquely situated in their ability to raise the cost of violence, and proactive firms can increase the years of peace in a country. At the same time, an active private sector can make it harder for states with ongoing conflict to reach an agreement, as they act as an additional veto player in the bargaining process. Including original cross-national data of peacebuilding efforts by firms in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa from 2000 to 2018, and in-depth case analyses of corporate actions and outcomes in Colombia, Northern Ireland, and Tunisia, Melin shows that corporations help to prevent violence but not resolve it. In examining the corporate motives for peacebuilding and the implications of these activities for preventing violence and conflict resolution, the book builds a more holistic picture of the peace and conflict process. The findings also help explain why armed civil conflicts persist despite the multitude of diverse actors working to end them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004271364

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Globalising Migration History by Anonim Pdf

Globalizing Migration History is a major step forward in comparative global migration history. Looking at the period 1500-2000 it presents a new universal method to quantify and qualify cross-cultural migrations, which makes it possible to detect regional trends and explain differences in migration patterns across the globe in the last half millennium. The contributions in this volume, written by specialists on Russia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia and South East Asia, show that such a method offers a fruitful starting point for rigorous comparisons. Furthermore the volume is an explicit invitation to other (economic, cultural, social and political) historians to include migration more explicitly and systematically in their analyses, and thus reach a deeper understanding of the impact of cross-cultural migrations on social change. Contributors are: Sunil Amrith, Ulbe Bosma, Gijs Kessler, Jelle van Lottum, Jan Lucassen, Leo Lucassen, Mireille Mazard, Adam McKeown, Atsushi Ota, Vijaya Ramaswamy,Osamu Saito, Jianfa Shen, Ryuto Shimada, Willard Sunderland, and Yuki Umeno.

Author : Various
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 13366 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429784989

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Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement by Various Pdf

This set of 44 volumes, originally published between 1924 and 1995, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on the Labour Movement, including labour union history, the early stages and development of the Labour Party, and studies on the working classes. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of political history.