136:("humility"). The sect was mostly rural, comprising plantation wardens and smugglers, among others. The sect made "affiliates every day of the brightest young people coming from the rural class, of the guardians of the fields in the Palermitan countryside, and of the large number of smugglers; a sect which gives and receives protection to and from certain men who make a living on traffic and internal commerce. It is a sect with little or no fear of public bodies, because its members believe that they can easily elude this."
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206:Cosa Nostra. A history of the Sicilian Mafia
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222:, New York: Columbia University Press,
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769:List of Sicilian Mafia members by city
944:List of victims of the Sicilian Mafia
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238:, New York: Oxford University Press
1134:Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people
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1045:Italian brigandage (19th century)
924:Direzione Investigativa Antimafia
1149:19th-century Italian politicians
826:Portella della Ginestra massacre
856:Via Federico Pipitone massacre
764:List of Sicilian Mafia members
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909:Sangiorgi report (1898-1900)
960:1960s Sicilian Mafia trials
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218:Lupo, Salvatore (2009).
254:by Alexandra V. Orlova)
232:Paoli, Letizia (2003).
86:Niccolò Turrisi Colonna
23:Niccolò Turrisi Colonna
971:Pizza Connection Trial
590:Caltanissetta Province
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892:Via Palestro massacre
689:San Mauro Castelverde
250:by Klaus Von Lampe) (
204:Dickie, John (2004).
1093:American Cosa Nostra
1008:Banda della Magliana
1003:Banda della Comasina
988:American Cosa Nostra
880:Via D'Amelio bombing
838:Viale Lazio massacre
603:Vallelunga Pratameno
580:Campobello di Licata
575:Palma di Montechiaro
281:Piero Ugo delle Fave
220:History of the Mafia
165:History of the Mafia
850:Via Carini massacre
208:, London: Coronet,
1103:Mafia bibliography
1065:Sacra Corona Unita
868:Pizzolungo bombing
565:Sambuca di Sicilia
527:Agrigento Province
261:Political offices
194:Mafia Brotherhoods
16:Italian politician
1144:Mayors of Palermo
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294:Mayor of Palermo
279:Succeeded by
273:Mayor of Palermo
228:978-0-231-13134-6
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807:Second Mafia War
717:Mazara del Vallo
699:Trapani Province
651:Palermo Province
540:Santa Elisabetta
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1060:'Ndrangheta
1018:Beati Paoli
973:(1985–1986)
967:(1986–1992)
809:(1981–1984)
803:(1962–1963)
641:Pagliarelli
631:Porta Nuova
396:Consigliere
392:(Sottocapo)
183:, pp. 39-46
181:Cosa Nostra
167:, pp. 43-44
62:13 May 1889
1118:Categories
1013:Basilischi
965:Maxi Trial
934:Addiopizzo
659:Camporeale
636:Brancaccio
518:Mandamenti
473:Corleonesi
435:Mandamento
405:Caporegime
401:Capodecina
354:Commission
297:1886-1887
276:1881-1882
148:References
66:1889-05-14
902:Antimafia
817:Massacres
738:Mistretta
613:Mussomeli
555:Cianciana
550:Canicattì
535:Agrigento
498:Inzerillo
413:(Soldier)
390:Underboss
140:Palermo.
124:the Mafia
778:Meetings
744:Siracusa
674:Bagheria
664:Corleone
508:Graviano
478:Galatolo
430:Made man
356:(Cupola)
179:Dickie,
90:Sicilian
1040:Garduña
1023:Camorra
981:Related
939:Pentito
918:members
757:Members
712:Trapani
623:Palermo
455:Pizzino
411:Soldato
196:, p. 33
192:Paoli,
113:Palermo
101:Italian
94:Palermo
75:, Italy
73:Palermo
64: (
49:Palermo
1070:Stidda
953:Trials
894:(1993)
888:(1993)
882:(1992)
876:(1992)
870:(1985)
864:(1984)
858:(1983)
852:(1982)
846:(1982)
840:(1969)
834:(1963)
828:(1947)
722:Alcamo
679:Trabia
669:Cinisi
560:Ribera
493:Motisi
488:Minore
440:Omertà
370:Family
252:Review
248:Review
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226:
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163:Lupo,
133:omertà
128:umirtà
109:Sicily
731:Other
608:Riesi
483:Greco
465:Clans
450:Pizzo
445:Faida
374:Cosca
794:Wars
742:Sud
598:Gela
380:Boss
240:ISBN
224:ISBN
210:ISBN
59:Died
43:Born
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