| Wicked Albany: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era Contributor(s): Bailey, Frankie Y. (Author), Green, Alice P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596294930 ISBN-13: 9781596294936 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Albany, New York, experienced massive upheaval when the Volstead Act of 1919 established Prohibition. Crime already proliferated in the capital of the Empire State, with rival political machines stooping to corruption and the mob with their heavy-handed powers of persuasion. As it did nationwide, Prohibition in Albany served merely to force alcohol-related commerce underground and lawlessness and violence to the forefront of city activity. Frankie Bailey, criminal justice professor and crime historian, and noted sociologist and criminal justice activist Alice Green chronicle this evolution of iniquity in Albany, relying on archival records and examining the greater social impact of the city s moral dissolution. Whether you're looking for sociological analysis or pure guilty pleasure, you ll find it in "Wicked Albany," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| LCCN: 2008047472 |
| Series: Wicked |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.06" W x 9.06" (0.55 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Locality - Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Albany, New York, experienced massive upheaval when the Volstead Act of 1919 established Prohibition. Crime already proliferated in the capital of the Empire State, with rival political machines stooping to corruption and the mob with their heavy-handed powers of persuasion. As it did nationwide, Prohibition in Albany served merely to force alcohol-related commerce underground and lawlessness and violence to the forefront of city activity. |