{"product_id":"9781529148220","title":"Homo Criminalis : How crime organises the world","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Galeotti, Mark \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/08\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529148220,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state?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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntertaining, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55441686495605,"sku":"9781529148220","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529148220.jpg?v=1748802833","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529148220","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}