{"product_id":"jukebox-empire-the-mob-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-dream-9781538172599","title":"Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJukebox Empire follows the many twists and turns in one man’s pursuit of the American dream, from a self-taught electronics genius to money launderer for the mob. This book exposes how the jukebox industry became the vertically integrated business model for organized crime at a time when there was a jukebox in every restaurant, diner, bar, barracks, arcade, and canteen throughout the country. Anyone can afford a nickel for a song and every week the jukeboxes generate millions of dollars in cash, untaxed income, that needed to be laundered.. Beneath this wholesome veneer lies a seamy underworld of juke joints, operators’ routes, smoke-filled showrooms, and violence. Rabinovitch reveals the details of the mob’s international money-laundering scheme to finance running guns to Cuba. The investigation pieces together an epic puzzle that begins in Chicago with the invention of a jukebox and spans the casinos of Havana and the financial giants of Europe, leading to what the FBI called “the biggest bank robbery in the world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant depiction, in evocative prose, of the corrupt juke box industry as controlled by the mob. Anyone interested in how the mob can launder money through a seemingly innocent American past time should read Jukebox Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jeffrey Sussman, author of Sin City Gangsters, Boxing and the Mob, and Big Apple Gangsters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast of Characters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One – Origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two – Pay to Play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three – Coin Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four – Crimebusters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five – Biggest Bank Robbery in the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six – Dollye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven – Air Chase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight – Front Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine – Biggest Burglary Solved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten – Wheels of Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven – Scheme and Artifice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve – Shoot the Moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48886225142103,"sku":"9781538172599","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538172599.jpg?v=1722539278","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jukebox-empire-the-mob-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-dream-9781538172599","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}