Way of the Wiseguy by Joe Pistone (2005, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherRunning Press
ISBN-100762423846
ISBN-139780762423842
eBay Product ID (ePID)44169670

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Book TitleWay of the Wiseguy
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicForensic Psychology, Social History, Organized Crime
GenreTrue Crime, Psychology, History
AuthorJoe Pistone
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6.1 in

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LCCN2003-109166
ReviewsThe Way of the Wiseguy dissects the mobster lifestyle... Some of it is simply hilarious. The rest is simply chilling.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal364.3
Table Of Content1. 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
SynopsisNow 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.
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