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Schneider Jane <1938-> |
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Reversible destiny [[electronic resource] ] : mafia, antimafia, and the struggle for Palermo / / Jane C. Schneider [and] Peter T. Schneider |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
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0-520-92949-7 |
1-282-35699-2 |
9786612356995 |
1-59734-870-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SchneiderPeter T. <1933-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mafia - Italy - Palermo - History |
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Palermo (Italy) History |
Palermo (Italy) Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Chapter 1. The Palermo Crucible -- Chapter 2. The Genesis of the Mafia -- Chapter 3. The Mafia and the Cold War -- Chapter 4. The Cultural Production of Violence -- Chapter 5. Seeking Causes, Casting Blame -- Chapter 6. Mysteries and Poisons -- Chapter 7. The Antimafia Movement -- Chapter 8. Backlash and Renewal -- Chapter 9. Civil Society Groundwork -- Chapter 10. Recuperating the Built Environment -- Chapter 11. "Cultural Re-education" -- Chapter 12. Reversible Destiny -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 of a dense connective web of political and financial protectors during the Cold War era, and the sad reality that repressing it easily risks harming |
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