Contents
1. The Genesis of the Mafia 1860–1876
Sicily’s Two Colours • Dr Galati and the Lemon Garden • Initiation • Baron Turrisi Colonna and the ‘Sect’ • The Violence Industry • ‘The So-Called Maffia’: How the Mafia Got its Name
2. The Mafia Enters the Italian System 1876–1890
‘An Instrument of Local Government’ • The Favara Brotherhood: the Mafia in Sulphur Country • Primitives
3. Corruption in High Places 1890–1904
A New Breed of Politician • The Sangiorgi Report • The Notarbartolo Murder
4. Socialism, Fascism, Mafia 1893–1943
Corleone • The Man with Hair on His Heart
5. The Mafia Establishes Itself in America 1900–1941
Joe Petrosino • Cola Gentile’s America
Don Calò and the Rebirth of the Honoured Society • Meet the Grecos • The Last Bandit
7. God, Concrete, Heroin, and Cosa Nostra 1950–1963
The Early Life of Tommaso Buscetta • The Sack of Palermo • Joe Bananas Goes on Holiday
8. The ‘First’ Mafia War and its Consequences 1962–1969
The Ciaculli Bomb • Like Chicago in the Twenties? The First Mafia War • The Antimafia • ‘A Phenomenon of Collective Criminality’
9. The Origins of the Second Mafia War 1970–1982
Rise of the Corleonesi: 1—Luciano Leggio (1943–1970) • Leonardo Vitale’s Spiritual Crisis • Death of a ‘Leftist Fanatic’: Peppino Impastato • Heroin: The Pizza Connection • Bankers, Masons, Tax Collectors, Mafiosi • Rise of the Corleonesi: 2—Towards the Mattanza (1970–1983)
10. Terra Infidelium 1983–1992
The Virtuous Minority • Eminent Corpses • Watching the Bullfight • The Fate of the Maxi-Trial •
11. Bombs and Submersion 1992–2003
Totò Riina’s Villa • After Capaci • ‘Uncle Giulio’ • Enter the Tractor • The Major-Domo and the Ad Man