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The Origin of Organized Crime in America
While the later history of the New York Mafia has received extensive attention, what has been conspicuously absent until now is an accurate and conversant review of the formative years of Mafia organizational growth. David Critchley examines the Mafia recruitment process, relations with Mafias in Sicily, the role of non-Sicilians in New York’s organized crime Families, kinship connections, the Black Hand, the impact of Prohibition, and allegations that a "new" Mafia was created in 1931. This book will interest Historians, Criminologists, and anyone fascinated by the American Mafia.
Emperors and Emperorship in Late Antiquity
What are the interrelationships between the language of rhetoric and the code of imperial images, from Constantine to Theodosius? How are imperial images shaped by the fact that they were produced and promoted at the behest of the emperor? Nine contributors from Spain, Italy, the U.K. and the Netherlands will guide the reader about these issues by analyzing how imperial power was articulated and manipulated by means of literary strategies and iconographic programmes. The authors scrutinize representations from Constantine to Julian and from the Valentinians to Theodosius by considering material culture and texts as interconnected sources that engaged with and reacted to each other.
A Feast of Weeds
"A dazzling display of humanistic erudition, wit, and practical culinary advice. Ballerini's living herbarium reinitiates modern readers living in the concrete manswarm into the joys of foraging, gathering, and savoring herbs, flowers, and berries. Its wide-ranging historical context, a veritable documentary of poets and chroniclers of past and present, is a learned celebration of nature's bounty. Practical and flavorful recipes for each plant transport the 'weeds' from the field to the palate and enhance a narrative enriched by splendid complementary footnotes."—Albert Sonnenfeld, Series Director, Arts of the Table "Weeds indeed. A guide as witty as he is erudite, Luigi Ballerini has give...
Barons and Castellans
The military nobility – "signori di castelli", lords of castles – formed an important component of the society of Renaissance Italy, although they have often been disregarded by historians, or treated as an anomaly. In Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy, Christine Shaw provides the first comparative study of “lords of castles”, great and small, throughout Italy, examining their military and political significance, and how their roles changed during the Italian Wars. Her main focus is on their military resources and how they deployed them in public and private wars, in pursuit of their own interests and in the service of others, and on how their military weight affected their political standing and influence.
Psicologia e arte dell'evento
Storia eventualista, perché è la storia degli eventualisti. I protagonisti, da Sergio Lombardo ad Anna Homberg, Cesare Pietroiusti, Domenico Nardone, e poi Giovanni Di Stefano, Roberto Galeotti, Piero Mottola, nonché Paola Ferraris e Miriam Mirolla (ma anche Giuliano Lombardo dagli inizi, e ultimamente Giuseppe Pansini, Luigi Pagliarini e Claudio Greco) ricercano le possibilità soggettive dell'evento creativo. A Roma nel centro studi Jartrakor, sulla Rivista di Psicologia dell'Arte, e in altre sedi o circostanze nazionali come internazionali, da venticinque anni gli eventualisti si confrontano quindi con le persone più diverse nello sperimentare la contraddizione tra avanguardia e conformismo. “Evento è tutto ciò su cui non c'è accordo percettivo, interpretativo e valutativo. L'evento non si ripete mai allo stesso modo e non è prevedibile. La realtà stessa è un macroevento. L'evento è vissuto soggettivamente come perdita di realtà, interruzione del tempo, crisi d'identità, situazione d'emergenza, atmosfera oniroide. La storia degli eventi è la storia stessa, ma essa può essere scritta solo a posteriori. [Sergio Lombardo, 2002]
Historic Middlesbrough
The first book in Heritage Unlocked’s ‘Postcards From The Past’ series, Historic Middlesbrough is inspired by an extensive array of historic photographs, plans, newspaper reports and postcards that capture the people, places, everyday life and special occasions that have shaped the modern town. By bringing together a diverse array of unique material, Historic Middlesbrough leads a journey of discovery into the past to explore the Ironopolis’ industrial heritage, civic culture, transportation history, changing healthcare and education landscapes, local landmarks, lost buildings and sporting life.
