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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-

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W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.

Mafia -- History -- Pictorial works.

Mafia -- History.

Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History.

Mafia -- United States -- History.

Mafia -- History.

Organized crime.

Sicily (Italy) -- Organized crime.

9780393341966 (pbk.)

0393341968 (pbk.)

287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"Originally published in Italian in 2010 by Mondadori Electa S.p.A."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index.

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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