Synopses & Reviews
In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uniquely American system of crime and punishment from the end of the Civil War to the eve of World War II to understand how the rapidly-changing technology of transportation, media, and incarceration affected the criminal underworld.
In ten thematic chapters, Crime and the Rise of Modern America turns to the outlaws of the iconic West and the illegal distilleries of Prohibition, the turn-of-the-century immigrants, and the conmen who preyed on the people of the Promised Land, to examine how crime and America both changed, defining each other.
Synopsis
Crime and the Rise of Modern America is a thematic history of crime in the USA from the time of Leea (TM)s surrender at Appomattox to Japana (TM)s attack on Pearl Harbor. Kristofer Allerfeldt takes the period of American history where the country was changing into a truly modern, unified nation, and examines the roles crime and criminality have played in the growth of the nation. Hea (TM)s categorized crime into accessible, exciting, and concise chapters covering such topics as hate crime, crime in the American West, drink and drug related crimes, prostitution and sex crimes, political crime, business crime, and more.
Crime and the Rise of Modern America provides a window into Americaa (TM)s past to show both how far the United States has come as a nation, and how some things never change.
Synopsis
In Crime and the Rise of Modern America, Kristofer Allerfeldt studies the crimes, criminals, and law enforcement that contributed to a uniquely American system of crime and punishment from the end of the Civil War to the eve of World War II to understand how the rapidly-changing technology of transportation, media, and incarceration affected the criminal underworld.
In ten thematic chapters, Crime and the Rise of Modern America turns to the outlaws of the iconic West and the illegal distilleries of Prohibition, the turn-of-the-century immigrants, and the conmen who preyed on the people of the Promised Land, to examine how crime and America both changed, defining each other.