Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Translation of the author's Quando la mafia trovò l'Ameriapproximately.
Amid the great flood of migrants --;Roaring twenties --;History and myths of organized crime --;The new world and the old world at war --;Looking for and at the enemy --;The last Sicilian wave --;Mafia's ideology.
A realistic understanding of the mafia must avoid depictions both of a monolithic organization and of localized, isolated groups. Here, renowned historian Salvatore Lupo analyzes the mafia as a network of varied relationships and institutions, the result of a complex cultural and social encounter that was shaped by multiple, diverse environments.