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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2008.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801461859
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HN730 .R844 2008
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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 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.

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