{"product_id":"the-neighborhood-outfit-louis-corsino-9780252080296","title":"The Neighborhood Outfit: Organized Crime in Chicago Heights","description":"From the slot machine trust of the early 1900s to the prolific Prohibition era bootleggers allied with Al Capone, and for decades beyond, organized crime in Chicago Heights, Illinois, represented a vital component of the Chicago Outfit. Louis Corsino taps interviews, archives, government documents, and his own family's history to tell the story of the Chicago Heights \"boys\" and their place in the city's Italian American community in the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Debunking the popular idea of organized crime as a uniquely Italian enterprise, Corsino delves into the social and cultural forces that contributed to illicit activities. As he shows, discrimination blocked opportunities for Italians' social mobility and the close-knit Italian communities that arose in response to such limits produced a rich supply of social capital Italians used to pursue alternative routes to success that ranged from Italian grocery stores to union organizing to, on occasion, crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Corsino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252080297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252080296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Louis Corsino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048178872575,"sku":"9780252080296","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d74f6d1-79aa-4bc5-a0b4-f456cc925106.jpg?v=1684994338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-neighborhood-outfit-louis-corsino-9780252080296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}