TY - BOOK AU - Siniawer,Eiko Maruko TI - Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists: the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 SN - 9780801461859 AV - HN730 .R844 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Political violence KW - Japan KW - History KW - Democracy KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=972440&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -