An economic history of organized crime : a national and transnational approach / / Dennis M.P. McCarthy
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.106 |
| Soggetto topico: | Organized crime - History |
| Mafia - History | |
| Transnational crime - History | |
| Crime - Economic aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 the Russian mafia; the vignette, on the Albanian mafia. From North America the case studies highlight the US Mafia and the Mexican drug cartels; the vignette, organized crime in Canada. From Central America/South America/Caribbean basin the case studies concentrat |
| Titolo autorizzato: | An economic history of organized crime |
| ISBN: | 1-136-70581-3 |
| 1-283-43504-7 | |
| 9786613435040 | |
| 1-136-70582-1 | |
| 0-203-81425-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789430203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge studies in crime and economics ; ; v. 4.