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Picozzi, Massimo, 1956-
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Mafia -- History -- Pictorial works.
Mafia -- History.
Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History.
Mafia -- United States -- History.
Mafia -- History.
Organized crime.
Sicily (Italy) -- Organized crime.
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Picozzi, Massimo, 1956-
Mafia -- History -- Pictorial works.
Mafia -- History.
Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History.
Mafia -- United States -- History.
Mafia -- History.
Organized crime.
Sicily (Italy) -- Organized crime.
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Cosa nostra : an illustrated history of the mafia /
Massimo
Picozzi
; preface by Carlo Lucarelli ; with an afterword by Pietro Grasso.
by
Picozzi
,
Massimo
,
1956-
W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Call #:
364.106 P599c
Subjects
Mafia -- History -- Pictorial works.
Mafia -- History.
Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History.
Mafia -- United States -- History.
Mafia -- History.
Organized crime.
Sicily (Italy) -- Organized crime.
ISBN:
9780393341966 (pbk.)
0393341968 (pbk.)
Description:
287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Italian in 2010 by Mondadori Electa S.p.A."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index.
Contents:
Nothing more than criminals -- Reasons for an illustrated book on the Mafia -- From myth to reality : the origins of the Cosa Nostra -- Gangs of New York : immigration, the criminal fringe, and more -- United Italy discovers the Mafia : from the Notarbartolo Affair to Benito Mussolini -- Senseless prohibition : the Golden Age of Mafia gangsters -- An obscure period : from the landings in Sicily to the Giuliano Enigma -- The Corleonesi arrive : victims, widows, and the first Mafia War -- Lucky Luciano, Carlo Gambino, and the others : big families and big bosses -- Corruption, connivance, and massacres : from the Sack of Palermo to the second Mafia war -- The Buscetta Theorem : the season of the Maxi Trial -- The last godfathers : the RICO Act, John Gotti, and the decline -- From massacres to crisis : the attack on the state and the response from institutions -- The Mafia is not defeated : conclusion by Italy's National anti-Mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso.
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