The Mafia, history and legend, Marco Gasparini ; [translated from the Italian by Brian Eskenazi]
Type
Label
The Mafia, history and legend, Marco Gasparini ; [translated from the Italian by Brian Eskenazi]
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-207), filmography (p. 202-203) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Mafia
Nature of contents
bibliographyfilmographies
Oclc number
502029807
Responsibility statement
Marco Gasparini ; [translated from the Italian by Brian Eskenazi]
Sub title
history and legend
Table Of Contents
The origins of the Mafia -- The Mafia in the United States -- Lucky Luciano and the Cosa Nostra get involved in international politics -- The Mafia and politics in postwar Italy -- Bosses, godfathers, and women in the Mafia -- The Mafia's victims and methods of elimination -- The war on the Mafia: judges and policemen alone against the octopus -- The great pentiti: from Tommaso Buscetta to Giovanni Brusca -- The financial organization of the Mafia -- The international Mafias, from the Japanese Yakuza to the Russian and Chinese Mafias -- The Mafia and film