Author: Seindal, René
Title: Mafia, Money and Politics in Sicily 1950-1997
Description: Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, 1998. orig.wrappers. 22x14cm, 183 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ The man on the book's cover is Antonino Salvo. He was a mafioso, but he did not deal in narcotics, he did not smuggle arms, he did not kill anybody, and he did not take part in other "ordinary" Mafia activities. Antonino Salvo was a business man, one of Sicily's wealthiest. He had interest in all important lines of business and close political connections at the highest level in Rome. He represented another but no less important side of the Mafia. He was a central part of a widespread network of economic and political interests which dominated Sicily for decades. All power was concentrated in one place: the Mafia. This book analyzes the economic and political activities of the Mafia on the basis of late-1990s source material and explains how the Mafia has succeeded in surviving, protecting itself and flourishing in post-war Italy" - Publisher's description. Contents: Mafia: Backround & Terminology; Administrative, Economic & Political Backround; Sources; Mafia Building Booms & the City of Palermo; The Mafia's Business Dealings; The Political Mafia; The General Picture; Conclusion; Latest Developments (1994-1997).

Keywords: Italian Political History, Italy, Sicily, Mafia, Politics, , , ,