{"product_id":"organized-crime-and-american-power-9781487543464","title":"Organized Crime and American Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular histories of organized crime in the United States often look to the Mafia and the sons of early twentieth-century immigrants  such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky  for their origins. In this second edition of \u003cem\u003eOrganized Crime and American Power\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Woodiwiss refocuses on US organized crime as an American problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book starts in 1789, with the birth of a new nation, intended to be run according to laws and conventions, with a written commitment to civil rights. Woodiwiss examines the organization of crime before the Civil War, which damaged or destroyed the lives of those excluded from constitutional protections: Indigenous peoples, Black people, and women. The book focuses on white supremacist crime and the pernicious influence of Southern leaders in alliance with opportunistic politicians. It examines the organized crimes of powerful business interests in alliance with politicians, as well as the corrupt consequences of the US moralisti\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409163100503,"sku":"9781487543464","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487543464.jpg?v=1730505705","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/organized-crime-and-american-power-9781487543464","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}