The Racketeer's Progress
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Author | : Andrew Wender Cohen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2004-05-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 052183466X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521834667 |
Rating | : 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Racketeer's Progress by : Andrew Wender Cohen
Book excerpt: "The Racketeer's Progress explores the contested and contingent origins of the modern American economy by examining the violent resistance to its development. Historians often portray Chicago as an unregulated industrial metropolis, composed of factories and immigrant labourers. In fact, the city was home to thousands of craftsmen - carpenters, teamsters, barbers, butchers, etc. - who formed unions and associations that governed commerce through pickets, assaults, and bombings. Working together, these groups forcefully challenged the power of national corporations and physically managed the development of mass culture in the city."--BOOK JACKET.