Cosa Nostra [electronic resource] : a history of the Sicilian Mafia / John Dickie.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.Edition: 1st Palgrave Macmillan edDescription: 370 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.1/06/09458 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6453.I83 M32694 2004eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references p. ([343]-353) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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