Yakuza

Yakuza
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9780520953819
ISBN-13 : 0520953819
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Book Synopsis Yakuza by : David E. Kaplan

Download or read book Yakuza written by David E. Kaplan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Originally published in 1986, it was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years.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 or 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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