Cosa Nostra · A History of the Sicilian Mafia by Dickie, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Contents Maps Disclaimer Prologue Introduction Men of Honour 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

6. War and Rebirth 1943–1950

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

Acknowledgements Picture Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes on Sources Index Copyright