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Shanghai Green Gang : Politics and Organized Crime, 1919-1937 by Brian G. Martin (1996, Hardcover)
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Shanghai Green Gang : Politics and Organized Crime, 1, Hardcover by Martin, Brian G., ISBN 0520201140, ISBN-13 9780520201149, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Martin (Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National U.) provides a scholarly account of the Shanghai Green Gang, arguing that the gang and other secret societies were resilient social organizations that adapted successfully to a modernizing urban society and played a part in that modernization. He explores factors contributing to the rise of the gang's power, such as Shanghai's role as China's industrial, commercial, and narcotic center, and analyzes the gang's relations with other elements of society. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520201140
ISBN-139780520201149
eBay Product ID (ePID)599548
Product Key Features
Number of Pages279 Pages
Publication NameShanghai Green Gang : Politics and Organized Crime, 1919-1937
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectSociology / General, Asia / General, Organized Crime, Asia / China, World / Asian
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, True Crime, Social Science, History
AuthorBrian G. Martin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight25.6 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-005017
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal951/.132
SynopsisIn a remarkable example of history as detective work, Brian Martin pieces together the fascinating and complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yuesheng. Martin sifts through a variety of fragmentary and at times contradictory evidence--from diplomatic dispatches to memoirs to police reports--to produce the most comprehensive account of this chaotic period of Chinese history. In analyzing the Green Gang's system of organized crime in Shanghai, the author broadens our understanding of a critical aspect of Chinese urban history and sheds light on the history of drug trafficking and organized crime worldwide. Martin argues that the Green Gang, the most powerful secret society in China during the first half of the twentieth century, was a resilient social organization that adapted successfully to the complex environment of a modernizing urban society. Illustrating its multilayered and complex relations with the bourgeoisie, the industrial proletariat, and the foreign and domestic political authorities, Martin demonstrates how these factors led to the Green Gang's absorption into the corporate state system after 1932., In a remarkable example of history as detective work, Brian Martin pieces together the fascinating and complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yuesheng. Martin sifts through a variety of fragmentary and at times contradictory evidence-from diplomatic dispatches to memoirs to police reports-to produce the most comprehensive account of this chaotic period of Chinese history. In analyzing the Green Gang's system of organized crime in Shanghai, the author broadens our understanding of a critical aspect of Chinese urban history and sheds light on the history of drug trafficking and organized crime worldwide. Martin argues that the Green Gang, the most powerful secret society in China during the first half of the twentieth century, was a resilient social organization that adapted successfully to the complex environment of a modernizing urban society. Illustrating its multilayered and complex relations with the bourgeoisie, the industrial proletariat, and the foreign and domestic political authorities, Martin demonstrates how these factors led to the Green Gang's absorption into the corporate state system after 1932.
LC Classification NumberDS796.S257M36 1996
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- Nov 13, 2019
excellent reference on little known but important facet of Chinese History.
Very interesting and authoritative book. Well researched. Very useful bilingual appendix of names and terms.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
