Inventing the Public Enemy: The Gangster in American Culture, 1918-1934 - David E. Ruth - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226732183 - April 15, 1996
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David E. Ruth
Inventing the Public Enemy: The Gangster in American Culture, 1918-1934 2nd edition

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In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell.

200 pages, 18 halftones

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Released April 15, 1996
ISBN13 9780226732183
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 200
Dimensions 229 × 154 × 15 mm   ·   348 g

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