The Significance of Prohibition on the Development of the American Mafia
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In the years preceding 1920, America was in a state of disarray. The industrial revolution had finally hit the New World, and in a pursuit of economic and social prosperity, American citizens all over the nation left their small towns for the busy metropolitan life. At the same time, a massive influx of immigrants from Europe arrived in America (Bailey 749). The combination of these two factors contributed to an increase in local crime; dire working conditions …
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…Meals and Movie." New York Times 19 Jan. 1919: B2. Schmidli, Daniel. Home page. Prohibition in the 1920s. 5 Nov. 2002 <http://prohibition.8m.com/prohibition.html>. Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999. Stein, Benjamin J. "The New Organized Crime." New York Times 21 Jan. 1996: A13. Sunday, Billy. "Famous 'Booze' Sermon." Billy Sunday Online Nov. 2001. 20 Nov. 2002 <http://www.billysunday.org/sermons/booze.php3>. "The Prohibition Amendment." New York Times 1 Aug. 1917: A4.
