Reversible destiny [electronic resource] : mafia, antimafia, and the struggle for Palermo / Jane C. Schneider [and] Peter T. Schneider

Author	Schneider, Jane, 1938-
Title	Reversible destiny [electronic resource] : mafia, antimafia, and the struggle for Palermo / Jane C. Schneider [and] Peter T. Schneider
Imprint	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003
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Descript	xiii, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

CONTENT

The Palermo crucible -- The genesis of the mafia -- The mafia and the cold war -- The cultural production of violence -- Seeking causes, casting blame -- Mysteries and poisons -- The antimafia movement -- Backlash and renewal -- Civil society groundwork -- Recuperating the built environment -- "Cultural re-education" -- Reversible destiny

Mafia -- Italy -- Palermo -- History Palermo (Italy) -- History Palermo (Italy) -- Politics and government Electronic books.