Shanghai Badlands - Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937-1941

Klappentext This book details the inner workings of terrorist groups operating in China between 1937 41. Zusammenfassung Between 1937 and 1941! terrorist wars broke out between Nationalist secret agents and the assassins of the Japanese military authorities who occupied most of Shanghai. The release of secret Chinese police files exposes the inner workings of these groups and their links to the Green Gang for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: consequences; 1. Island Shanghai; 2. Blue Shirts; 3. National salvation; 4. Retaliation - pro-Japanese terrorists; 5. Provocation - the Chen Lu assassination; 6. Capitulation - the Xi Shitai assassination; 7. The puppet police and 76 Jessfield Road; 8. Terrorism and crime; 9. Rackets; 10. Terrorist wars; 11. Dim-out; Epilogue: outcomes; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Wakeman Jr. Frederic, Frederic Wakeman, Frederic E. Wakeman, Frederic E. Jr. Wakeman, Jr Wakeman, Jr. Wakeman, Frederic Wakeman Jr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.1996
• EAN: 9780521497442
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49744-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories