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Cosa Nostra A History of the Sicilian Mafia

By John , Dickie

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2014
ISBN
1403966966, 9781403966964, 9781403979223, 1403979227
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3660599 bytes)
Pages
371 Seiten\371
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

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 ...

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