Screen LibraryHistory of the mafia
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Storia della mafia. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 328 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780231131346 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231131348 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231505390 (ebook) 0231505396 (ebook) 9780231131353 (pbk.) 0231131356 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D754 |
| CLC: | D754.688-09 |
| Call Number: | D754.688-09/L965 |
| Contents: |
Translated from the Italian. Includes bibliographical references and index. The revelation -- Guardiani and profiteers -- Democratization, totalitarianism, democracy -- La cosa loro : their thing. "Combining a nuanced history with a unique counternarrative concerning stereotypes of the immigrant, Salvatore Lupo, a leading historian of modern Italy and a major authority on its criminal history, has written the definitive account of the Sicilian Mafia from 1860 to the present. Consulting rare archival sources, he traces the web of associations, both illicit and legitimate, that have defined Cosa Nostra during its various incarnations. He focuses on several crucial periods of transition."--Book jacket. |