American Smuggling as White Collar Crime

ISBN-13: 9781138506855 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 220 str.

Lawrence Karson

Opis

This narrative history of white-collar crime as embodied in American smuggling argues that from the nation’s earliest days, businessmen have been willing, by whatever means necessary, to achieve a corrupted version of the American Dream. It substantiates the premise that business was integral to the success of organized crime.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The New World.  2. The Embargo of 1807–1809 and the War of 1812.  3. The Civil War.  4. Filibustering and Revolutionaries.  5. The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1920.  6. Prohibition – Part 1.  7. Prohibition – Part 2.  8. The Drug Trade.  Conclusion.

O autorze

Lawrence Karson is currently an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown. He retired from the United States Customs Service, where he served in the investigation division managing a fleet of aircraft and vessels used to pursue and apprehend drug traffickers smuggling contraband into the U.S. by air or sea.