TY  - BOOK
AU  - Siniawer,Eiko Maruko
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists: the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 
AV  - HN730.Z9 V55 2008eb
U1  - 306.20952/09034 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Political violence
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1868-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10468001
ER  -