Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists : the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 / / Eiko Maruko Siniawer.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 270 p. :; ill. |
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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.