Mafia and Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth - Softcover

Hess, Henner

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9781850655008: Mafia and Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1850655006 ISBN 13: 9781850655008

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 1999

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This is a sociological study of a distinct subculture - the "Mafioso" - whose behavioural patterns have been largely determined by the specific political, economic and social history of Sicily: a society characterized by a weak state and organized on the basis of self-help.

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"The book is excellently written and sets out its case with clarity, elaborate detail, and the useful addition of a restrained imagination." -The Criminiologist "An impressive addition. Hess has written with excellent historical insight, bringing to light new facts and offering what is in important respects a new interpretation of them." -Times Literary Supplement "An impressive addition. Hess has written with excellent historical insight, bringing to light new facts and offering what is in important respects a new interpretation of them." -"Times Literary Supplement" "The book is excellently written and sets out its case with clarity, elaborate detail, and the useful addition of a restrained imagination. -"The Criminiologist"" "An impressive addition. Hess has written with excellent historical insight, bringing to light new facts and offering what is in important respects a new interpretation of them." -"Times Literary Supplement", "The book is excellently written and sets out its case with clarity, elaborate detail, and the useful addition of a restrained imagination." -"The Criminiologist", ("An impressive addition. Hess has written with excellent historical insight, bringing to light new facts and offering what is in important respects a new interpretation of them." )-("Times Literary Supplement"), () ("The book is excellently written and sets out its case with clarity, elaborate detail, and the useful addition of a restrained imagination." )-("The Criminiologist"), ()

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