The Black Hand : terror by letter in Chicago / Robert M. Lombardo.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lombardo, Robert M.
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Black Hand (United States) > History.
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Extortion > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Physical Description:xii, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Italians in Chicago
  • The White Hand Society
  • The Black Hand Squad
  • The Prohibition years
  • The causes of Black Hand extortion
  • The social construction of deviance
  • Conclusion.