{"id":5329,"date":"2012-02-19T13:48:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2012-02-19T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:48:14","slug":"the-mob-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/the-mob-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mob Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week of February 20, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gangsters, Mobsters, the Mafia, and Organized Crime
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the News<\/em>: The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is now open for business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of Philadelphia\u2019s Black Mafia
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Sean Patrick Griffin. Milo Books, 2005
\nCall Number: HV6452 .P4 B534 2005<\/a> (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Bringing Down the Mob: The War Against the American Mafia
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Thomas A. Reppetto. H. Holt, 2006
\nCall Number: HV6446 .R473 2006<\/a><\/p>\n

Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Jim Ridings. Arcadia Publishing, 2010
\nCall Number: Available online via Images of America: A History of American Life in Images and Texts<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
\n<\/em><\/strong>By John Dickie. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
\nCall Number: HV6453 .I83 M32694 2004b<\/a> (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Defiance: the Story of One Man Who Stood Up to the Sicilian Mafia
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Tom Behan. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

An Economic History of Organized Crime: A National and Transnational Approach
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Dennis M. P. McCarthy. Routledge, 2011
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America\u2019s Most Powerful Mafia Empires
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Selwyn Raab. Thomas Dunne Books, 2005
\nCall Number: HV6452 .N7 R33 2005<\/a><\/p>\n

Friend of the Family: An Undercover Agent in the Mafia
\n<\/em><\/strong>By D. Lea Jacobs. Compass Press, 2002
\nCall Number: HV7911 .R612 .J33 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

Gangsters of Miami: True Tales of Mobsters, Gamblers, Hit Men, Con Men and Gang Bangers from the<\/em><\/strong> Magic City
\n<\/em>By Ron Chepesiuk. Barricade Books, 2010
\nCall Number: HV6452 .F7 C54 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

The Godfather and American Culture: How the Corleones Became \u201cOur Gang\u201d
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Chris Messenger. SUNY Press, 2002
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

Gomorra<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\nDirected by Matteo Garrone. Criterion Collection, 2009
\nCall Number: PN1997.2 .G64536 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba\u2014and Then Lost It to the Revolution
\n<\/em><\/strong>By T. J. English. Harper, 2009
\nCall Number: HV6453 .C9 E54 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Peter B. E. Hill. Oxford University Press, 2003
\nCall Number: HV6453 .J33 Y354 2003<\/a><\/p>\n

Lucky Luciano: The Man Who Organized Crime in America
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Hickman Powell. Barricade Books, 2000
\nCall Number: HV6248 .L92 P68 2000<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mafia: History and Legend
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Marco Gasparini. Thames & Hudson, 2011
\nCall Number: HV6441 .G37 2011<\/a> (Available at Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Letizia Paoli. Oxford University Press, 2003
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mafia Encyclopedia
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Carl Sifakis. Facts on File, 2005 (3rd<\/sup> ed.)
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
\n<\/em><\/strong>By James B. Jacobs. New York University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HD6490 .R32 .U653 2006<\/a><\/p>\n

No Questions Asked: The Secret Life of Women in the Mob
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Clare Longrigg. Miramax Books\/Hyperion, 2004
\nCall Number: HV6446 .L66 2004<\/a> (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

An Offer We Can\u2019t Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America
\n<\/em><\/strong>By George de Stefano. Faber and Faber, 2006
\nCall Number: HV6446 .D43 2006<\/a><\/p>\n

Organized Crime: An Inside Guide to the World\u2019s Most Successful Industry
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Paule Lunde. DK, 2004
\nCall Number: HV6441 .L86 2004<\/a> (At Treasure Coast)<\/p>\n

The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931
\n<\/em><\/strong>By David Critchley. Routledge, 2009
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

Philadelphia\u2019s \u201cBlack Mafia\u201d: A Social and Political History
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Sean Patrick Griffin. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

Reading the Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by David Lavery. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
\nCall Number: PN1992.77 .S66 R43 2006<\/a> (Also available online via EBSCOhost<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Rebels & Mafiosi: Death in a Sicilian Landscape
\n<\/em><\/strong>By James Fentress. Cornell University Press, 2000
\nCall Number: HV6453 .I83 M3415 2000<\/a><\/p>\n

Reversible Destiny: Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Jane C. Schneider and Peter T. Schneider. University of California Press, 2003
\nCall Number: Available online via EBSCOhost<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Lee Lamothe & Adrian Humphreys. J. Wiley & Sons, 2006
\nCall Number: HV6248 .R576 L35 2006<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sopranos \u2013 Seasons 1-6<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\nHBO, 1999-2007
\nCall Number: See Catalog<\/a> for details<\/p>\n

Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Rick Cowan and Douglas Century. G. P. Putnam\u2019s, 2002
\nCall Number: HV8079 .O73 C69 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

Women and the Mafia: Female Roles in Organized Crime Structures
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Giovanni Fiandaca. Springer, 2007
\nCall Number: HV6446 .F526 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Yakuza: The Explosive Account of Japan\u2019s Criminal Underworld
\n<\/em><\/strong>By David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro. Addison-Wesley, 1986
\nCall Number: HV6453 .J33 Y355 1986<\/a><\/p>\n

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