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The Business of Crime by Humbert S. Nelli The Business of Crime: Italians and Syndicate Crime in the United States, written by Humbert S. Nelli, contains the history of Italian criminal organizations in the New World, between 1880 and 1930. The book is divided into three main parts. The first chapter, From Italy's South to America's South, contains the political, social, economic, and cultural background of Italians before they entered in the New World. Also, it describes the beginning of criminal

system in Italy. Mussolini’s major points as outlined in the Doctrine included an extreme emphasis on nationalism, organization and modernization of the state, persistent focus on religion, life as a struggle, and the notion that individuals exist only for the improvement of society as a whole. Wolfgang Schieder, after reviewing the Doctrine of Fascism, explains Mussolini’s success based on it and

no twentieth-century history book on Sicily would be accurate without mentioning the most famous Sicilian fraternity. “The word ‘Mafia’ was formally recorded by the prefect of Palermo in 1865, after the unification of Italy (57 Robb).” It wasn’t until 1982 that it was added to the Italian penal code. Until the end of World War II, the Mafia was a force that the landowners and state of Sicily found useful to maintain power and property. In the nineteen seventies The Oxford English Dictionary

crisis and weakness would likely occur as a result. Furthermore, another important concept of Fascism is the fact that the movement was initially rooted into the notion of nationalism. Much of Mussolini’s rhetoric revolved around restoring Italy and expanding Italian territories. This expansion was justified through reasoning explained as asserting strength and power in order to avoid the demise of their nation. It’s through this concept that there are some similarities and differences between Fascism

the 1560’s and was centered in Geneva. It spread across Eastern and Central Europe

the new alliances in France 's politics had ensured in cabinet instability. In Italy, the Red Week of early June 1914 had left the Italian nationalists hostile to the left, leading to Italy being taken into a war in 1915 that little of the Italian population supported. In Germany, the "privileged preserve of conservative nationalists" in the Reichstag were under pressure from those who abhorred the Prussian three-class franchise. Mayer refers to Arthur Rosenberg 's

When I hear the term organized crime, I associate it with “The Mafia”, “Scarface”, and “Cartels”. Organized crime can be defined in a variety of ways. It is an ongoing criminal enterprise that is wisely working to generate profit engaging in illegal activities depending on demand, where its presence is preserve through force, intimidations, and corruption. According to the FBI, organized crime is basically a group of transnational, national, or local alliances of highly centralized enterprises run

Ellie Smith Dr. Faegri POSC 344.03 September 5, 2014 Part One: Key Terms The German Problem: The German Problem occurred prior to World War I, when Germany’s neighboring states feared the fast-growing economy and expansion of Germany after Otto Van Bismarck had unified it. Germany posed a threat to the rest of Europe because it had the potential to dominate empires that had controlled Europe for centuries. The “German Problem” is significant because it was never resolved. The Versailles Treaty

these states were separate governing bodies, they had many things in common which would ultimately lead to their unification. German nationalism was driven by four main forces. The first of which was race. Many of the people in the region were derived from Germanic origin. Much like as we have seen in the colonial United States, a commonly shared ancestry has helped promote the unification of these nation states. Culture was another powerful

Introduction Ten of the most influential people in all of European history have been nominated to win the award for most influential person in all of European History. Over a scheduled television broadcast, each one of the ten individuals will give a brief speech of their accomplishments and how their presence forever influenced European history. Once all have spoken it is up to the audience who was truly the most influential person. In order to ensure that the broadcast is child friendly, written