Mafia : a global history /
A gripping and deeply researched exploration of the hidden influence of organized crime on the global economy that reveals the mafia as an uncredited architect of modern society.
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New York :
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster,
[2026].
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: The view from Zulette Avenue
- Introduction: 'The true princes who govern us'
- Part I: Genesis. The long scourge: Banditry and the prehistory of mafia
- Love and relaxation for sale: Vice and the roots of organized crime
- Part II: Consolidation. Origins: Mafias of the early twentieth century
- From booze to dope: The advent of global mafias
- Part III: Transformation. Godfathers: The high tide of old mafias
- Between decline and revolution: Mafias at century's end
- Conclusion. The great dilution: Making sense of the twenty-first century
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Image credits
- Index.