Mafia: Money and Politics in Sicily, 1950-1997 - Softcover

Seidal, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8772894555 ISBN 13: 9788772894553

Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book analyses the economic and political activities of the mafia on the basis of the latest source material and explains how the mafia has succeeded in surviving, protecting itself, and flourishing in post-war italy.

About this title

Synopsis:

The man on the book's cover is Antonino Salvo. He was a mafioso, but he did not deal in narcotics, he did not smuggle arms, he did not kill anybody, and he did not take part in other "ordinary" Mafia activities. Antonino Salvo was a business man, one of Sicily's wealthiest. He had interest in all important lines of business and close political connections at the highest level in Rome. He represented another but no less important side of the Mafia. He was a central part of a widespread network of economic and political interests which dominated Sicily for decades. All power was concentrated in one place: the Mafia. This book analyzes the economic and political activities of the Mafia on the basis of late-1990s source material and explains how the Mafia has succeeded in surviving, protecting itself and flourishing in post-war Italy.

About the Author:

Rene Seindal is a historian living in Venice."

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 8772894555
• ISBN 13: 9788772894553
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192