Yakuza A 400 - Year History of the Japanese Underworld | 25.52 MB
Title: Yakuza A 400 - Year History of the Japanese Underworld
Author: Andrew Rankin
Category: Japan, World History, True Crime
Language: English | 438 str. Pages | ISBN: 9781541607682
Description:
The definitive history of Japanese organized crime, from its origins in samurai-era black markets and gambling rings to the shadowy syndicates of the present. "The best book in English on this fascinating and misunderstood subject." ―Richard Lloyd Parry, author of People Who Eat Darkness
Japan's gangster groups, known collectively as the yakuza, are among the oldest underworld societies in the world. With military-style organization and a code of absolute obedience, they have run Japan's black markets for centuries. They have remained strikingly conspicuous in Japanese society and as a cultural force beyond Japan, with movies and video games celebrating their exploits globally.
Andrew Rankin offers the first comprehensive history of the yakuza, from their emergence out of seventeenth-century samurai gang culture to the present day. Though their activities have always encompassed illegal gambling and sex trafficking, the yakuza have also...
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