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Way of the Wiseguy by Joe Pistone (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780762423842
- Book Title
- Way of the Wiseguy
- Publisher
- Running Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- True Crime, Psychology, History
- Topic
- Forensic Psychology, Social History, Organized Crime
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Running Press
ISBN-10
0762423846
ISBN-13
9780762423842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44169670
Product Key Features
Book Title
Way of the Wiseguy
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Forensic Psychology, Social History, Organized Crime
Publication Year
2005
Genre
True Crime, Psychology, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-109166
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
The Way of the Wiseguy dissects the mobster lifestyle... Some of it is simply hilarious. The rest is simply chilling.
Dewey Decimal
364.3
Table Of Content
1. Introduction: Sketching the Contours of a Feminist Philosophy of Economics, Drucilla K. Barker and Edith Kuiper Part I. Re-reading History 2. 'Intro the Margin', Michele Pujol 3. Hazel Kyrk and the Ethics of Consumption, Susan van Velzen 4. Feminist Fiction and Feminist Economics: Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Efficiency, Irene van Staveren 5. Beyond Markets: Wage Setting and the Methodology of Feminist Political Economy, Marilyn Power, Ellen Mutari and Deborah M. Figart Part II. Science Stories and Feminist Economics 6. Some Implications of the Feminist Project in Economics for Empirical Methodology, Joyce P. Jacobsen 7. Foregrounding Practices: Feminist Philosophy of Economics beyond Rhetoric and Realism, Fabienne Peter 8. After Objectivism versus Relativism, Sandra Harding 9. How Did the 'moral' get split from the 'Economic'?, Julie A. Nelson Part III. Constructing Masculine/Western Identity in Economics 10. The Construction of Masculine Identity in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, Edith Kuiper 11. Social Classifications, Social Statistics and the 'Facts' of 'Difference' in Economics, Brian P. Cooper 12. A Reading of Neoclassical Economics: Toward an Erotic Economy of Sharing, Susan Feiner 13. The Anxious Identities we Inhabit Post'isms and Economic Understandings, Nitasha Kaul Part IV. Beyond Social Contract: Theorizing Agency and Relatedness 14. Holding Hands at Midnight: The Paradox of Caring Labor, Nancy Folbre 15. Integrating Vulnerability: On the Impact of Caring on Economic Theory, Maren A Jochimsen 16. An Evolutionary Approach to Feminist Economics: Two Different Models of Caring, Susan Himmelweit 17. Domestic Labor and Gender Identity: Are all Women Carers?, Gillian J. Hewitson Part V. Rethinking Categories 18. Empowering Work? Bargaining Models Reconsidered, S. Charusheela 19. Economic Marginalia: Postcolonial Readings of Unpaid Domestic Labor and Development, Cynthia Wood 20. The Difficulty of a Feminist Economics, Eiman Zein-Elabdin
Synopsis
Now in paperback, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco . Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld. Often poignant, and in startling detail, THE WAY OF THE WISEGUY gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy. The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including "How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit," "How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out," and "A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy." Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse., New in paperback with a 60-minute audio CD featuring dramatic FBI surveillance from the Donnie Brasco operation which was used in court to put 120 Mafia members in jail, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie. Donnie Brasco. Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld, and the surveillance audio provides additional insight. Often poignant, and in startling detail. The Way Of The Wiseguy gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy. The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including "How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit," "How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out," and "A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy," Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the working of the legitimate big business and everyday social discourse., Now in paperback, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco . Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld. Often poignant, and in startling detail, THE WAY OF THE WISEGUY gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy.The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit," How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out," and A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy." Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse., Now in paperback, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco . Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld. Often poignant, and in startling detail, THE WAY OF THE WISEGUY gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy.The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including "How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit," "How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out," and "A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy." Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse.
LC Classification Number
HV6080
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- Aug 21, 2010
Not nearly as good as Donnie Brasco
- Aug 11, 2020
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