Description: YakuzaJapan's Criminal Underworld Author(s): David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro Format: Paperback Publisher: University of California Press, United States Imprint: University of California Press ISBN-13: 9780520274907, 978-0520274907 Synopsis 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. "Yakuza" is the first book to reveal the extraordinary reach of Japan's Mafia. Originally published in 1986, it was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years. But in the west it has long served as the standard reference on Japanese organized crime and has inspired novels, screenplays, and criminal investigations. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition tells the full 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.
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Book Title: Yakuza
Number of Pages: 440 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Criminology
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 590 g
Type: Textbook
Author: David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
