John Dickie

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating account that is more violent, frightening, and darkly comic than anything conceived in popular movies and novels. How did the Sicilian mafia begin? How did it achieve its powerful grip in Italy and America? How does it operate today? From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, Cosa Nostra takes us to the inner sanctum where few have dared to go before. This is an important work of history and a revelation for anyone who ever wondered what it means to be "made" in the mob.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466893054
• Artikelnr.: 42539841

Autorenporträt

John Dickie is a historian and journalist. He lectures in Italian Studies at University College London and has written on many aspects of Italian life.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue * Introduction * 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