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Inventing the public enemy: the gangster in American culture, 1918-1934
Inventing the public enemy: the gangster in American culture, 1918-1934
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Ruth, David E
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University of Chicago Press
Publication Date
1996
Language
English
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Introduction: The gangster and urban America
The individual, society, and the uses of crime
Criminal businessmen
Dressed to kill: Consumption, style, and the gangster
Bad men and dangerous women
The invention in the flesh: Al Capone of Chicago.
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Capone
Capone Al
Gangsters
Gangsters -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Gangsters -- United States -- Public opinion
Gangsters in popular culture
Gangsters in popular culture -- United States
History
Public opinion
Public opinion -- United States
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9780226732183
9780226730073
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