The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” ...
The Gangs of New York ending wraps up a complex and heavy Martin Scorsese film. The 2002 drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Amsterdam Vallon, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as the dastardly ...
List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters -- Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of ...