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000449234 1001_ $$aPicozzi, Massimo,$$d1956-
000449234 24010 $$aCosa nostra.$$lEnglish
000449234 24510 $$aCosa nostra :$$ban illustrated history of the mafia /$$cMassimo Picozzi ; preface by Carlo Lucarelli ; with an afterword by Pietro Grasso.
000449234 260__ $$aNew York :$$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$$cc2012.
000449234 300__ $$a287 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000449234 500__ $$a"Originally published in Italian in 2010 by Mondadori Electa S.p.A."
000449234 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index.
000449234 5050_ $$aNothing 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.
000449234 520__ $$aDescribes the origins and history of the Cosa Nostra, beginning in 1863 Sicily and moving to Prohibition Era America, discussing the formation of the mafia families and the most famous legendary criminals.
000449234 650_0 $$aMafia$$xHistory$$vPictorial works.
000449234 650_0 $$aMafia$$xHistory.
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