War on crime bandits, G-men, and the politics of mass culture

War on crime bandits, G-men, and the politics of mass culture / Claire Bond Potter.

War on Crime revises the history of the New Deal transformation and suggests a new model for political historyone which recognizes that cultural phenomena and the political realm produce, between them, an idea of "the state." The war on crime was fought with guns and pens, movies and legis...

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Main Author: Potter, Claire Bond, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1998.
Series:Ebsco e-book purchased.
Subjects:
Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History.
Criminal investigation > United States > History > 20th century.
Crime > United States > History > 20th century.
Crime > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Criminal investigation in mass media > History > 20th century.
Crime in mass media > History > 20th century.
Crime in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
This was purchased from Ebsco with a single user license.
Table of Contents:
  • Prohibition, crime, and federal policing
  • Scientific policing, masculinity, and bureau reform
  • The making of a crime wave
  • Romance, bandit identity, and the rise of celebrity bandits
  • Kidnapping, federal policing, and the role of the public in the war on crime
  • John Dillinger as political actor
  • The Barker-Karpis Gang, surveillance, and the victory of federal policing.

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