Yakuza : Japan's criminal underworld
by
 
Kaplan, David E., 1955-

Title
Yakuza : Japan's criminal underworld

Author
Kaplan, David E., 1955-

ISBN
9780520953819

Edition
Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Publication Information
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 400 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white)

General Note
Previous edition: 2003.

Abstract
Yakuza tells the story of Japan's remarkable crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, big business, art, and more. This 25th Anniversary edition has an updated preface from the authors and remains the definitive study of Japan's crime syndicates.

Subject Term
Yakuza -- Japan -- History.
 
Yakuza -- History.
 
Organized crime -- Japan -- History.
 
Crime -- Japan -- History.
 
Gangs -- Japan -- History.

Added Author
Dubro, Alec.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppxb2


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Online LibraryE-Book377227-1001ONLINEElektronik Kütüphane