Civilt Nostra
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Challenging The Mafia Mystique
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Author : Rino Coluccello
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-29
Challenging The Mafia Mystique written by Rino Coluccello and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Sicilian Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is one of the most intriguing criminal phenomena in the world. It is an unparalleled organised criminal grouping that over almost two centuries has been able not only to successfully permeate licit and illicit economy, politics and civil society, but also to influence and exercise authoritative power over both the underworld and the upper-world. This criminal phenomenon has been a captivating conundrum for scholars of different disciplines who have tried to explain with various paradigms the reasons behind the emergence and consolidation of the mafia. Challenging the Mafia Mystique provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone, from legitimisation to denunciation. Rino Coluccello highlights how, from the very emergence of the organised criminal groups in Sicily, a culture existed that was protective and tolerant of the mafia. He argues that the various conceptualisations of the mafia that dominated the public and scientific debate in the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century created a mystique, which legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of organised crime, Italian politics and Italian literature.
Cosa Nostra
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-19
Cosa Nostra written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-19 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading "[T]he term mafia found a class of violent criminals ready and waiting for a name to define them, and, given their special character and importance in Sicilian society, they had the right to a different name from that defining vulgar criminals in other countries. -Leopoldo Franchetti, 1876 It is hard to find an island on the map more central than Sicily. Located at the crossroads between Europe and Africa, and between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, Sicily has rarely been governed as an independent, unified state, yet the island has always occupied a front-row seat to some of the most important events in history, and nowhere is this more obvious than during antiquity. Over the course of the 19th century, the people of Sicily found themselves at the center of a struggle for freedom, one that ended up being long and often very bloody. It was during these crucial years of struggle that the Sicilian mafia, La cosa nostra ("Our thing"), started to take shape. The original word "mafia" was a part of Palermitan slang, and although the origins of the word are not completely certain, some linguistic historians believe it originally meant "flashy." One historian of the mafia, Salvatore Lupo, helpfully suggests that it was used in its earliest iterations to vaguely refer to a "pathological relationship among politics, society and criminality." In response to the rise of the mafia, the Italian state propagated a doctrine of Sicilian backwardness, which they used to introduce martial law and suspend civil liberties, under the pretext that they were not "ready" for the freedoms enjoyed by other Italian regions. Northerners and foreigners mistakenly (and snobbishly) believed that the mafia was just a relic of the primitive, peasant culture that had dominated the island for centuries, and that it was destined to die out once the island had been properly absorbed into the dominant, mainland culture. Others hypothesized that the corruption in Sicilian culture was just a holdover from the Bourbon government and would soon be extinguished once a formal transition was completed. Of course, they proved to be dead wrong. The Sicilian mafia was not a criminal underworld or a form of political rebellion, but more of a kingdom within a kingdom. In other words, according to historians of the mafia, it was a network of hidden power, an alternative hierarchy that sometimes worked in concert with and sometimes superseded official forms of law and order. By 1890, the Cosa Nostra had already developed into a sophisticated criminal organization with a great deal of blood on its hands. In fact, its tentacles reached into the highest levels of politics and beyond the borders of Sicily and Italy, traveling across the Atlantic to the United States. Today, their power has been dwarfed by the Neapolitan mafia, La Camorra, yet the Cosa Nostra has continued to wreak havoc in Sicily. In 1992 they were responsible for one of the most high-profile assassinations in Italy since the fall of fascism. Ironically, the murderous actions of a small segment of society have caused the Sicilian people in general to be perceived as "mafiosi," even though the vast majority of them have been victims rather than perpetrators. Cosa Nostra: The Notorious History and Legacy of the Sicilian Mafia examines how the world's most famous mob formed, its inner workings, and the events that made it feared around the world. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Sicilian mafia like never before.
Transatlantic Conversations
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Author : Beth L. Lueck
language : en
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Release Date : 2016-12-06
Transatlantic Conversations written by Beth L. Lueck and has been published by University of New Hampshire Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
This unique interdisciplinary essay collection offers a fresh perspective on the active involvement of American women authors in the nineteenth-century transatlantic world. Internationally diverse contributors explore topics ranging from women's social and political mobility to their authorship and activism. While a number of essays focus on such well-known writers as Margaret Fuller, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot, Louisa May Alcott, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, other, perhaps lesser-known authors are also included, such as E. D. E. N. Southworth, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Elizabeth Peabody, Jeannette Hart, and Laura Richards. These essays show the spectrum of interests and activities in which nineteenth-century women were involved as they moved, geographically and metaphorically, toward gaining their independence and the right to control their lives. Traveling far and wide - to Italy, France, Great Britain, and the Bahamas - these writers came into contact with realities far different from their own. On topics ranging from homeopathy and literary endeavors to politics and revolution, they conversed with others, reaching and inspiring transnational audiences with their words and deeds, and creating a space for self-expression in the rapidly changing transatlantic world.
Eventus
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Author : giacinto p.
language : it
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-05-29
Eventus written by giacinto p. and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-29 with Philosophy categories.
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La Civilt Cattolica
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Author :
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
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Host Bibliographic Record For Boundwith Item Barcode 30112111593536 And Others
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Host Bibliographic Record For Boundwith Item Barcode 30112111593536 And Others written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Scrittori Italiana
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Author : Plinio Carli (ed)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1938
Scrittori Italiana written by Plinio Carli (ed) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1938 with categories.
Busting The Mob
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Author : James B. Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1996-10
Busting The Mob written by James B. Jacobs and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10 with Law categories.
She may have had a soap opera private life, which included a very public marriage and breakup with George Jones, among other things, but Tammy Wynette still managed to turn out 17 number one singles during the late '60s and early '70s, the classics "Stand by Your Man," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," and "Bedtime Story" being just three of them, each of which is compiled in this two-disc set of essential tracks. ~ Steve Leggett
La Civilt E I Suoi Martiri
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Author : Pietro Giuria
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857
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L Italia L Europa E La Civilt
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Author : Aurelio Martinelli
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
L Italia L Europa E La Civilt written by Aurelio Martinelli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with Europe categories.