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David Ruth shows how the gangster in the 1920s and 30s was less real than history paints him, and more a media creation to help America come to terms with the changes occurring as it became a consumerist society.Ruth, David E. is the author of 'Inventing the Public Enemy The Gangster in American Culture, 1918-1934', published 1996 under ISBN 9780226732183 and ISBN 0226732185.
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