Fascism and the Mafia - Christopher Duggan
KORTE INHOUD
The Sicilian mafia is a subject of endless fascination, but few serious books have been written about it. In this provocative work, Christopher Duggan argues that the idea of the mafia is a fiction, born of political calculation and genuine misunderstanding of the behaviour of Sicilians. The first part of the book looks at the development of the idea of the mafia from the 1860s, when the term first appeared, to the Second World War. Although all serious observers realised that there was no organised criminal society in Sicily, Duggan explains why the idea was perpetuated. When the island became part of unified Italy in 1860, hostility to the new state was claimed by officials to be criminally inspired, and they spoke for the first time of 'the Mafia'. The distinctive values of the Sicilians, such as their belief in private justice and unwillingness to cooperate with the police, reinforced the idea of a secret criminal society. From then on, many of Sicily's political and social problems were attributed to thi...
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1989Uitgever: Yale University Press322 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300043724ISBN-13: 9780300043723Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Duggan, Christopher] [Pagina's: 322] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Yale University Press] [Jaar: 1989] [Titel: Fascism and the Mafia]
