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The origin of organized crime in America : the New York City mafia, 1891-1931 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Critchley, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series:Routledge advances in American history ; 1.
Subjects:
Mafia > New York (State) > New York > History.
Organized crime > New York (State) > New York > History.
Table of 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.