{"product_id":"the-black-hand-9780252076756","title":"The Black Hand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnraveling the truth about the sinister extortion scheme that preyed on innocent Chicagoans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provides the definitive argument that this form of crime was not imported from Italy. . . . This is a book that needed to be written two generations ago, one that everyone needs to read today to make up for lost time in extricating Italian Americans from the shadow of the Mafia.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Illinois History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lombardo recounts in fine and fascinating detail the dynamics of extortion in Chicago's immigrant Italian community, covering especially the 'hottest' years, 1907-12.\"--\u003ci\u003eItalian American Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stimulating and informative. This book corrects the record of the criminological phenomenon of the Black Hand for the first time, and it presents the truth of its role in the immigrant Italian community in America.\"--Arthur J. Bilek, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A classic treatise on the social construction of crime, with dozens of colorful stories. Italian Americans in Chicago and nationwide will appreciate this book, as will readers interested in criminal justice and ethnic studies.\"--Dominic Candeloro, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eChicago Heights: At the Crossroads of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface   ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Italians in Chicago   11\u003cbr\u003e 2. The White Hand Society   30\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Black Hand Squad   69\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Prohibition Years   107\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Causes of Black hand Extortion   119\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Social Construction of Deviance   161\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion   194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes   205\u003cbr\u003e Index   231\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864291225943,"sku":"9780252076756","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252076756.jpg?v=1722271256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-black-hand-9780252076756","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}