Tong wars : the untold story of vice, money, and murder in New York's Chinatown
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New York : Viking, 2016.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
364.1066 SELIGM 2016
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364.1066 SELIGM 2016
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Published
New York : Viking, 2016.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Tong Wars is historical true crime set against the perfect landscape: Tammany-era New York City. Representatives of rival tongs (secret societies) corner the various markets of sin using admirably creative strategies. The city government was already corrupt from top to bottom, so once one tong began taxing the gambling dens and paying off the authorities, a rival, jealously eyeing its lucrative franchise, co-opted a local reformist group to help eliminate it. Pretty soon Chinese were slaughtering one another in the streets, inaugurating a succession of wars that raged for the next thirty years." --from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Seligman, S. D. (2016). Tong wars: the untold story of vice, money, and murder in New York's Chinatown . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Seligman, Scott D. 2016. Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Seligman, Scott D. Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown Viking, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Seligman, Scott D. Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown Viking, 2016.
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