{"product_id":"homo-criminalis-mark-galeotti-9781529148244","title":"Homo Criminalis: How Crime Organises the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrime doesn't just pay, it tells. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat we choose to ban, penalize or prosecute says something about us; and how far the mobsters and mafias are still able to\u003cbr\u003eply their trades says something about us, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomo Criminalis tells a thrilling tale of the world's changing values, the rise of the state and the emergence of modern society, through the evolution of the\u003cbr\u003eunderworld 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 aims to shows just how far society has changed - and how crime has changed with us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften considered marginal or an aberration, we'll see how the power structures and power struggles of the criminal world have actually worked to drive progress, forming the necessary dark underbelly of humanity's evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Galeotti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529148243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529148244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Mark Galeotti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520267858175,"sku":"9781529148244","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3b6eb6e-0430-46e1-9197-ebbcdbe94c3f.jpg?v=1778741736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homo-criminalis-mark-galeotti-9781529148244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}