Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 / Eiko Maruko Siniawer.

Author/creator Siniawer, Eiko Maruko
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Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press,
Description1 online resource (xi, 270 p.)
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-249) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008. 9780801447204 (cloth : alk. paper)
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LCCN 2021701117
ISBN9780801454363 ebook

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