City of gangs
Davies, Andrew, 1962 February 8-2014
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During the 1920s and 1930s, Glasgow gained an unenviable and enduring notoriety as Britain's gang city - the 'Scottish Chicago'. Out of the most dilapidated and overcrowded tenements in Britain stepped young men and women dressed like Hollywood gangsters and their molls. On the city's streets they took centre stage in dramas of their own making, fighting territorial battles laced with religious sectarianism and running protection rackets modelled on those of the American underworld. Drawing on 15 years of original research, Andrew Davies, brings to life the reign of terror exerted by gangs like the Billy Boys, the Kent Star, the Savoy Arcadians and the South Side Stickers.
Main title:
City of gangs / Andrew Davies.
Author:
Davies, Andrew, 1962 February 8-, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2014.
Collation:
x, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781444739794 (pbk)1444739794
Dewey class:
364.1'066'094144'09042364.1066094144364.1066364.1364.106609
Local class:
364.106B.DAV
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
455953
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