Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Patriots and gamblers: violence and the formation of the Meiji state
  • Violent democracy: ruffians and the birth of parliamentary politics
  • Institutionalized ruffianism and a culture of political violence
  • Fascist violence: ideology and power in prewar Japan
  • Democracy reconstructed: violence specialists in the postwar period
  • Afterword.