| Edition |
1st Palgrave Macmillan ed. |
| Description |
370 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references p. ([343]-353) and index. |
| Contents |
Men of honour -- The genesis of the Mafia 1860-1876 -- The Mafia enters the Italian system 1876-1890 -- Corruption in high places 1890-1904 -- Socialism, fascism, Mafia 1893-1943 -- The Mafia establishes itself in America 1900-1941 -- War and rebirth 1943-1950-- God, concrete, heroin, and Cosa Nostra 1950-1963 -- The 'first' Mafia war and its consequences 1962-1969 -- The origins of the second Mafia war 1970-1982 -- Terra infidelium 1983-1992 -- Bombs and submersion 1992-2003. |
| Subject |
Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History.
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Mafia -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
1403966966 |
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