Siniawer, Eiko Maruko. <br/><br/>
Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists  the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 /  [electronic resource] : 
Eiko Maruko Siniawer. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  2008. 
 - xi, 270 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political violence--History.--Japan<br/>Democracy--History.--Japan
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Politics and government--1868-
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN730.Z9  / V55 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.20952/09034