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Challenging the Mafia Mystique [electronic resource] : Cosa Nostra from Legitimisation to Denunciation / by Rino Coluccello.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: XI, 260 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137280503
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 809.04 23
LOC classification:
  • PN770-PN779
Online resources: In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone from legitimisation to denunciation. It argues that conceptualisations of the mafia in public and scientific debate, during the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century, created a mystique that legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success.
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This book provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone from legitimisation to denunciation. It argues that conceptualisations of the mafia in public and scientific debate, during the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century, created a mystique that legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success.

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