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Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists [electronic resource] : the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 / Eiko Maruko Siniawer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.Description: xi, 270 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.20952/09034 22
LOC classification:
  • HN730.Z9 V55 2008
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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