Empire of Crime: Organised Crime in the British Empire
Empire of Crime: Organised Crime in the British Empire
Roger Moorhouse
Subjects: Organized crime,Crime, great britain
Description
Description
When Great Britain took the moral high ground and banned its lucrative export of opium from Imperial India to China, it unleashed a century of criminality. Where America's misguided Prohibition of alcohol made illicit fortunes for the Mafia, across the pond the organized criminals within the British Empire grew rich on their trade in illegal narcotics in the 20th century.
Empire of Crime is the first book to reveal the full extent and variety of organized crime within the British Empire in the 20th century. By delving into British colonial archives, Newark has discovered breathtaking truths about organized crime inside the British Empire.
This book unravels how gangsters exploited its global trade routes to establish a new age of criminal networks that spanned the world.
Empire of Crime is the first book to reveal the full extent and variety of organized crime within the British Empire in the 20th century. By delving into British colonial archives, Newark has discovered breathtaking truths about organized crime inside the British Empire.
This book unravels how gangsters exploited its global trade routes to establish a new age of criminal networks that spanned the world.
Details
Details
Publisher/Supplier: Pen and Sword History
Date Published: 2018-01-04
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1526713047
Language: en
Pages: 272
Length: 6.25 inches,Width: 1 inches,Height: 9 inches
19 in stock
