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  • Reversible Destiny

    Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo

    Reversible Destiny traces the history of the Sicilian mafia to its nineteenth-century roots and examines its late twentieth-century involvement in urban real estate and construction as well as drugs. Based on research in the regional capital of Palermo, this book suggests lessons regarding secretive organized crime: its capacity to reproduce a subculture of violence through time, its acquisition ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

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  • Cosa Nostra

    The Definitive History of the Sicilian Mafia

    par John Dickie ...
    COSA NOSTRA is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity.The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remained the same. Now, for ... En savoir plus

    $0.99 CAD

  • The Italians

    par John Hooper ...
    **Washington Post bestsellerLos Angeles Times bestsellerA vivid and surprising portrait of the Italian people from an admired foreign correspondent**How did a nation that spawned the Renaissance also produce the Mafia? And why does Italian have twelve words for coat hanger but none for hangover?John Hooper’s entertaining and perceptive new book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Midnight In Sicily

    On Art, Feed, History, Travel and la Cosa Nostra

    par Peter Robb ...
    A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearA New York Public Library Best Book of the YearFrom the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily.South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that--with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art and archeology--has seduced travelers for centuries. But at ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • History of the Mafia

    par Salvatore Lupo ...
    Traduit par Antony Shugaar ...
    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 ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Blood Brotherhoods

    A History of Italy's Three Mafias

    par John Dickie ...
    MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'ndrangheta, which has now risen to become the most powerful mob group active today.Since they emerged, the mafias have all corrupted ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

  • Italy and its Discontents 1980-2001

    par Paul Ginsborg ...
    In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. Ginsborg sees this difference as ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Boss of Bosses

    A Journey Into the Heart of the Sicilian Mafia

    par Clare Longrigg ...
    The extraordinary true crime story of the man who brought the Sicilian Mafia back from the brink of disaster.In the 1980s, the broad legal mandate of the RICO act succeeded in crushing much of the backbone of the traditional American Mafia. Across the ocean however, in the ancestral Sicilian homeland of La Cosa Nostra, the Mafia was anything but finished. Possessed of a power thought to rival that ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • A History of Contemporary Italy

    1943-80

    par Paul Ginsborg ...
    In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. Ginsborg sees this difference as ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Sack of Rome

    Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi

    Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called "one of the best English-language writers on Italy" by the New York Times Book Review, and in The Sack of Rome he sets out to answer the question: What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi, Stille argues, and, with deft analysis, he weaves them ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD

  • Modern Italy

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Anna Cento Bull ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived moral corruption. The Risorgimento, the movement leading to Italian Unification in 1861, explicitly linked the quest for national unity to a ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Mafias on the Move

    How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories

    par Federico Varese ...
    Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West.As Federico Varese explains in this compelling and daring book, the truth is more complicated. Varese has spent years ... En savoir plus

    $65.99 CAD