Siniawer, Eiko Maruko. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801461859 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political violence--History.--Japan<br/>Democracy--History.--Japan
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN730  / .R844 2008