Borgata: Rise of Empire - A History of the American Mafia

The American Mafia has long held a powerful sway over our collective cultural imagination. But how many of us truly understand how a clandestine Sicilian criminal organisation came to exert its influence over nearly every level of American society? In BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE, former Mafia member Louis Ferrante pulls back the curtain on the criminal organisation that transformed America. From the potent political cauldron of 1860s Sicily to the gangster''s paradise of Las Vegas in the 1960s, Ferrante traces the social, economic, and political forces that shaped a secret society that exists to this day. Ferrante''s insider knowledge reveals how the Mafia''s founding fathers became experts at bribing public officials, penetrating industrial labour unions, and taking down their rivals. His vivid portrayal of early American mobsters such as Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Frank Costello, and Meyer Lansky, fills in crucial gaps in Mafia history to deliver the most comprehensive account yet of the world''s most famous criminal fraternity.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Ferrante, Ferrante Louis
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781474604307
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0430-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Organized crime