Yakuza : Japan's Criminal Underworld.
Title:
Yakuza : Japan's Criminal Underworld.
Author:
Kaplan, David E.
ISBN:
9780520921641
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (438 pages)
Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION -- PROLOGUE: ENTER THE YAKUZA -- PART I: EARLY HISTORY -- 1. THE HONORABLE OUTLAWS -- PART II: THE KODAMA YEARS -- 2. OCCUPIED JAPAN -- 3. NEXUS ON THE RIGHT -- 4. THE BLACK MIST -- PART III: THE MODERN YAKUZA -- 5. THE SYNDICATES -- 6. CORRUPTION, JAPANESE-STYLE -- 7. THE KEIZAI YAKUZA -- THE COLLAPSING BUBBLE -- PART IV: THE MOVE ABROAD -- 9. METH, MONEY, AND THE SEX TRADE -- 10. OLD MARKETS AND NEW -- 11. ACROSS THE PACIFIC -- 12. TO AMERICA -- EPILOGUE: A NEW YAKUZA -- A NOTE ON RESEARCH -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong--more than four times the size of the American Mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most Westerners.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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