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Author Picozzi, Massimo, 1956-

Title Cosa nostra : an illustrated history of the Mafia / Massimo Picozzi.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011]
©2011

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.106 PICOZZI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.106 PICOZZI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  364.106 P588    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.106 PIC    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.106 P58    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.106 PICOZZI    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.106 PIC    Check Shelf
Description 287 pages : illustrations 24 cm
Note "Originally published in Italian in 2010 by Mondadori Electa S.p.A."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Nothing 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.
Subject Mafia -- History -- Pictorial works.
Mafia -- History.
Added Title Cosa nostra. English
ISBN 9780393341966 paperback $25.00
0393341968 paperback
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