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The origin of organized crime in America [electronic resource] : the New York City Mafia, 1891-1931 / by David Critchley.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Routledge advances in American historyPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: xxiii, 422 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203889077
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition. CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com)
Contents:
Introduction -- Black hand, Calabrians, and the Mafia -- "First family" of the New York Mafia -- The Mafia and the Baff murder -- The neapolitan challenge -- New York City in the 1920s -- Castellammare war and "La Cosa Nostra" -- Americanization and the families -- Localism, tradition, and innovation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Black hand, Calabrians, and the Mafia -- "First family" of the New York Mafia -- The Mafia and the Baff murder -- The neapolitan challenge -- New York City in the 1920s -- Castellammare war and "La Cosa Nostra" -- Americanization and the families -- Localism, tradition, and innovation.

Also available in print edition. CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com)

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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