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The Shanghai Green Gang: Politics and Organized Crime, 1919-1937 by Brian G. Martin (Hardcover, 1996)
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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 P&P in the UK 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.
