GOTHAM UNBOUND: HOW NEW YORK CITY WAS LIBERATED FROM THE GRIP OF ORGANIZED CRIME

Book ID/图书代码： 14932718C00010

English Summary/英文概要： Cosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organized crime families. One cannot understand the history and political economy of New York City-or most other major American cities-in the 20th century without focusing on the role of organized crime in the urban power structure.

Gotham Unbound demonstrates the remarkable range of Cosa Nostra’s activities and influence and convincingly argues that 20th century organized crime has been no minor annoyance at the periphery of society but a major force in the core economy, acting as a power broker, even as an alternative government in many sectors of the urban economy.

James B. Jacobs presents the first comprehensive account of the ways in which the Cosa Nostra infiltrated key sectors of New York City’s legitimate economic life and how this came over the years to be accepted as inevitable, in some cases even beneficial. The first half of Gotham Unbound is devoted to the ways organized crime became entrenched in six economic sectors and institutions of the city-the garment district, Fulton Fish Market, freight at JFK airport, construction, the Jacob Javits Convention Center, and the waste-hauling industry. The second half compellingly documents the campaign to purge the mob from unions, industries, and economic sectors, focusing on the unrelenting law enforcement efforts and the central role of Rudolph Giuliani’s mayoral administration in devising innovative regulatory strategies to combat the mob.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 科萨•诺斯特拉，有组织的犯罪团伙，追杀团伙。随便你怎么说，没有其他犯罪集团渗入工会，操纵意大利有组织犯罪家庭这样的合法行业。如果不关注有组织犯罪在城市权力结构中所扮演的角色，人们就无法理解20世纪纽约市或大多数其他美国主要城市的历史和政治经济。

《纽约黑帮兴衰史》展示了非凡的“科萨•诺斯特拉”组织的活动和影响范围和令人信服地观点，20世纪有组织犯罪还没有在影响社会边缘，但却影响了核心经济的主要力量,作为权力经纪人，甚至替代了政府在许多领域的城市经济。

詹姆斯•雅各布斯首次全面阐述了科萨•诺斯特拉渗透到纽约市合法经济生活的关键领域的方式，以及多年来人们如何认为这是不可避免的，在某些情况下甚至是有益的。《纽约黑帮兴衰史》的前半部分讲述了有组织犯罪是如何在纽约市的六个经济部门和机构中根深蒂固的——制衣区、富尔顿鱼市、肯尼迪机场的货运、建筑业、雅各布•贾维茨会议中心以及垃圾运输行业。下半部分令人信服地记录了将暴徒从工会、行业和经济部门中清除出去的运动，重点是毫不留情的强制执法力度，以及鲁道夫•朱利安尼的市长政府在制定创新监管策略以打击暴徒方面发挥的核心作用。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况："无论普佐的畅销书和斯科塞斯的电影在哪里受欢迎，这种对科萨•诺斯特拉控制纽约市6个行业的程度以及打破这种控制的政府行动的精心组织的描述都会引起人们的兴趣。”——书目

“这本严肃但可读性强的书简明扼要、引人注目……对学者和业余爱好者都有同样的兴趣，它比近年来任何类似的作品都更简明、清晰地描述了黑帮组织的现实。”——柯克斯评论

“雅各布斯的结构化方法仔细剖析了黑帮组织的经营方式，这种方式就像甘比诺精心策划的劳工罢工一样有效。”——出版人周刊

“科萨•诺斯特拉在本世纪纽约历史上的影响力不亚于坦慕尼厅和华尔街。这本优秀而涉猎广泛的书最终揭开了科萨•诺斯特拉渗透城市经济的面纱。这是一个强大而有效的著作，充满了对过去错误的警告和对未来成功的教训。各种各样的人都应该读一读这本书，从警察、政客到城市历史学家和犯罪学家——还有那些想知道为什么最近肯尼迪机场的货物被偷得更少，为什么富尔顿鱼市的鱼更便宜的纽约

人!”——马克•加莱奥蒂，基尔大学有组织的俄罗斯与欧亚犯罪研究中心主任

“揭开了破坏美国的科萨•诺斯特拉组织的层层神秘面纱——这对国内外打击有组织犯罪的人来说是宝贵的教训。”——罗伊•戈德森，乔治敦大学政治学教授

"Wherever Puzo’s bestsellers and Scorsese’s films are popular, this well-organized description of the extent of the Cosa Nostra control of six New York City industries and the government actions that broke down that control will appeal."-Booklist

"Terse, dramatic . . .of equal interest to academics and lay enthusiasts, this serious yet highly readable book addresses Mafia reality more succinctly and clearly than any similar work in recent memory."-Kirkus Reviews

"Jacobs’s structured approach offers a careful dissection of the Mafia way of doing business that is as effective as a Gambino-orchestrated labor strike."-Publishers Weekly

"The influence of the Cosa Nostra in the history of New York this century has been as great as Tammany Hall and Wall Street. This excellent and wide-ranging book finally lifts the lid on the Cosa Nostra’s penetration of the city’s economy. It is a powerful and effective work, filled with warnings about past errors and lessons for future success. All sorts of people should read it, from police officers and politicians to urban historians and criminologists--and New Yorkers who want to know why less cargo is stolen from JFK airport these days, and why the fish from Fulton Fish Market is cheaper!"-Mark Galeotti, Director of the Organised Russian & Eurasian Crime Research Unit at Keele University

"Peels back layers of mystery surrounding the courageous and successful efforts to undermine the American Cosa Nostra--valuable lessons for those fighting organized crime at home and abroad."-Roy Godson, Professor of Government, Georgetown University

About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯•雅各布斯，法律学者和社会学家，纽约大学法学院沃伦•伯格法学教授，犯罪与司法研究中心主任。他的书《暴徒》,《工会和美联储:黑手党和美国劳工运动》，《纽约黑帮兴衰史:纽约是如何从有组织犯罪的控制中解放出来？》打破了《暴徒:美国诉“科萨•诺斯特拉”组织》以及《纽约城市建设行业中的腐败和敲诈勒索》，所有的书都由纽约大学出版社出版。

James B. Jacobs, legal scholar and sociologist, is Warren E. Burger Professor of Law and Director, Center for Research in Crime and Justice, NYU School of Law. Among his books are Mobsters, Unions & Fed: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement, Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime, Busting the Mob: United States v. Cosa Nostra, and Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry, all published by NYU Press.

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