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Autore |
McCarthy Dennis M. P. <1944-, > |
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Titolo |
An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / / Dennis M.P. McCarthy |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-70581-3 |
1-283-43504-7 |
9786613435040 |
1-136-70582-1 |
0-203-81425-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in crime and economics ; ; v. 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Organized crime - History |
Mafia - History |
Transnational crime - History |
Crime - Economic aspects |
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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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The ABCs of a comparative economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach -- Europe -- Italian mafias -- Russian mafias --Vignette : Albanian mafia -- North America -- US mafia -- Mexican drug cartels -- Vignette : organized crime in Canada -- Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin -- Colombian drug cartels -- Gangs of the Caribbean -- Vignette : organized crime in Cuba -- Africsoa -- Resource wars -- Somali piracy -- Vignette : international trugs, trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism in North and West Africa -- Asia and Western Pacific -- Triads -- Yakuza -- Vignette : international drugs trafficking, organized scrime, and terrorism in Afghanistan. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is a comparative study of organized crime groups from five different parts of the world: Europe; North America; Central America/South America/Caribbean basin; Africa; and Asia/Western Pacific. Each part contains two case studies and a shorter essay, a vignette. From Europe the case studies focus on the Italian mafias and |
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