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'Glittering... the author's obvious enthusiasm for the subject is matched by impressive erudition' The Spectator<BR><BR>'The readable, scary, fun beach read of new crime literature' Financial Times<BR><BR>When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state?<BR><BR>On a thrilling whistle-stop tour of how the world's criminal underbelly has shaped state-making, capitalism, globalisation and all forms of so-called legitimate power, Homo Criminalis shows the emergence of modern society through the evolution of the underworld and its crimes. From Chinese banditry and eighteenth-century English tea smuggling to today's cocaine submarines and the high-tech crimes of tomorrow, this book shows us how the world's dark underbelly shapes us, no matter how we try to outpace it.<BR><BR>Entertaining, engaging and packed full of fascinating stories, Homo Criminalis is a book for those who want to see our grand story of progress through the surprising and subversive new lens of organised crime.
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| Hersteller: | Penguin Random House Ireland Limited |
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