Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 /
Siniawer, Eiko Maruko.
Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 / Eiko Maruko Siniawer. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies 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.
9780801461859
Political violence--History.--Japan
Democracy--History.--Japan
Electronic Books.
HN730 / .R844 2008
Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 / Eiko Maruko Siniawer. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies 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.
9780801461859
Political violence--History.--Japan
Democracy--History.--Japan
Electronic Books.
HN730 / .R844 2008