The origin of organized crime in America
Subtitle: the New York City Mafia, 1891-1931
By: by David Critchley.
Series: Routledge advances in American history
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780415990301
Subjects: Mafia -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Black hand, Calabrians, and the Mafia; title: "First family" of the New York Mafia; title: The Mafia and the Baff murder; title: The neapolitan challenge; title: New York City in the 1920s; title: Castellammare war and "La Cosa Nostra"; title: Americanization and the families; title: Localism, tradition, and innovation.