About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-100500280959

ISBN-139780500280959

eBay Product ID (ePID)239576

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

TopicArt, Asia / India & South Asia, Advertising & Promotion, Travel, Antiques & Collectibles, Business & Economics

AuthorBarry Dawson

IllustratorYes

Dimensions

Item Length9in.

Item Height0.4in.

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Width8.7in.

Additional Product Features

Book TitleStreet Graphics India

Lccn98-061183

Dewey Decimal741.6/0954

Lc Classification NumberNc998.6.I5d38 1999

Publication Year2001

Dewey Edition21

FormatTrade Paperback

Reviews"O'Kane examines the nature of ethnic organized crime. The author suggests that organized crime is fairly common among immigrant groups and that these groups were both feared and accepted by the ethnic communities in which they are located... The book is well written and very readable." --R. T. Sigler, Choice "O'Kane's study of organized crime provides valuable insights into the nature of both crime and intergenerational social mobility in the United States. The book is informative, grounded in sociological theory, and interesting to read." --Darnell F. Hawkins, Contemporary Sociology "Professor O'Kane has prepared a useful overview of the ethnic experience in organized crime. His findings should give pause to the disciples of Julian Simon, and the editors of the Wall Street Journal, who contend that the latest wave of immigrants yield a wide margin of benefits." Wayne Lutton, The Social Contract "[T]he book has many qualities to recommend it to a wide audience interested in American social history, criminology, and ethnic studies." --Andrew E. Kim, The Annals of the American Academy "[O]ne of the most interesting books I've read on ethnic patterns of social mobility in America in a long time... there is very little material available that synthesizes and critiques the rags-to-riches ideology this well." --Deborah A. Abowitz, Bucknell University "Jim O'Kane paints a fascinating portrait of the criminal as an ethnic folk hero. He has written a first-class examination of ethnic crime in America and its relation to status and class. Interesting and well written, it's a real contribution." --Thomas H. Kean, president, Drew University

Target AudienceTrade

Number of Pages112 Pages