“Bootlegging.” Encyclopedia of American Crime. 2014 ed. 2 vols. Portland: Facts on File, 2000. N. pag. American History Online. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. Carl Sifakis wrote the Encyclopedia of American Crime which has information titled Bootlegging. Sifakis has written other encyclopedias with information about the 1920’s with focus on the prisons and crime status of criminals. He specializes in organized crime and its effect on different aspects of society. Sifakis has dedicated his life to researching all crime families and the prison system. Bootlegging provides information on how the citizens of the 1920’s abused the 18th Amendment. The 18th Amendment did little to stop the head crime leaders located in Chicago. The source explains how the crime leaders put out alcohol which increased the amount of crime. Bootlegging also demonstrates specific facts on how much alcohol was produced, consumed, and how much money was made for the crime leaders on alcohol production. Lastly, this source provides where the leaders sold their alcohol like at speakeasies and clubs. Bootlegging has value because of the information shown about statistics about prohibition and the youth of the 1920’s got their …show more content…
“Communication in the 20th Century.” 20th Century. By Karen Ordahl Kupperman. New York: Facts on File, 2014. N. pag. Vol. 5 of American Centuries. 5 vols. American History Online. Web. 23 Oct. 2015. Christopher Sterling is the author of this encyclopedia article. Sterling has a bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Also, Sterling has master’s degree in Communication from the same school. He has lectured in Europe, South America, and Asia on different American communication policies. Lastly, Sterling has appeared in American and foreign media representing as an authority on electronic media and telecommunications issues. The source presented information about how many citizens had the radio. Communication in the 20th Century had a multitude of statistics on how many stations were up and running by different years all based around the 1920’s. Another thing the source provides is the effect of mass media on the culture and society during the 1920’s. The source Communication in the 20th Century has value because of how the source gives different statistics on how the radio impacted American culture and