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Title: Tongs, Gangs, and Triads : Chinese Crime Groups in North America by Peter L Huston ISBN: 0-595-18754-4 Publisher: Author's Choice Press Pub. Date: 27 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Ho hum
Comment: I found this book to be adequate as an overview of Asian OC but lacking in any human dimension. People, whether they are Chinese or anything else, get involved in gang activity for a myriad of reasons, none of which are explored with any degree of insight in this book. If you know absolutely nothing about the subject, you might find it useful. But if you're looking for a deeper understanding try anything by Ko-Lin Chin ("Chinatown Gangs") or "Born to Kill" by T.J. English.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Reader
Comment: A fine tome and welcome addition to a poorly researched field. I have personally met one fellow who was once part of a Chinese criminal gang, and Huston's book meshes well with that account.
The book does primarily focus upon the history and orientation of the regional concept (organized criminal societies and their close cousins, secret societies) rather than the day to day affairs. Insofar as this is not a Peter Druckeresque explaination of the inner workings of the what is being described, a serious police investigator or scholar will have to make do with _Tong, Gangs, and Triads_ as the best place to start. The selected bibliography is alone worth the shelf space with any comitted researcher.
Also, although I have not personally seen them, the academic reviews were reported to me to have been in agreement with this personal assessment.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very general information
Comment: While I understand the inability of caucasians to get the "inside scoop" on the Tongs and Triads, this book could have been better researched. Many crucial items are left out, such as organizational structure, the "who-does-what" positions, and maybe even some first hand accounts, as has been done and done well by La Cosa Nostra researchers. Very general overview with little hardcore information.
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Title: The Dragon Syndicates: The Global Phenomenon of the Triads by Martin Booth ISBN: 0786708697 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) by Ko-Lin Chin ISBN: 0195136276 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Blood Brothers: The Criminal Underworld of Asia by Bertil Lintner ISBN: 1403961549 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld, Expanded Edition by David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro ISBN: 0520215621 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Chinese Playground : A Memoir by Bill Lee ISBN: 0967002303 Publisher: Rhapsody Pr Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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