History of the MafiaColumbia University Press, 1 jul 2009 - 352 pagina's When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence. Yet these sensational depictions take us only so far. The true story of the Mafia reveals both an organization and mindset dedicated to the preservation of tradition. It is no accident that the rise of the Mafia coincided with the unification of Italy and the influx of immigrants into America. The Mafia means more than a horse head under the sheets it functions as an alternative to the state, providing its own social and political justice. |
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... fact, are often not quite what they seem; the real messages are often embroidered within the hems of the ostensible messages. No study of Italian political history can ignore the existence of the Mafia, and as Salvatore Lupo explains in ...
... fact, the world of the Sicilian Mafia and southern law enforcement collided in 1891, with the largest mass lynching in American history: the victims of the lynching were eleven Italians—some American citizens, and a few Italian subjects ...
... fact that he has come accompanied by a photographer: “Ofme, a photograph?” he exclaimed. “No, that's prohibited, absolutely forbidden. No one has ever taken my picture, and no one ever will. My doctor forbids it,” he added, with a smile ...
... fact, probably was thinking of the anti-Mafia campaign of Mussolini's prefectin Sicily, Cesare Mori, when he lamented the antidemocratic dangers lurking in the wholesale repression of the Mafia. Sciascia in fact quotes one of the Mafia ...
... fact that my work has met with public and scholarly appreciation. I am even ultimately flattered by the fact that my work has been so nonchalantly plundered by certain of those scholars and writers who enjoyed it, with the results ...
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CHAPTER 3 GUARDIANI AND PROFITEERS | 94 |
CHAPTER 4 DEMOCRATIZATION TOTALITARIANISM DEMOCRACY | 142 |
CHAPTER 5 LA COSA LORO THEIR THING | 198 |
NOTES | 277 |
INDEX | 315 |