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The triads as business [electronic resource] / Yiu Kong Chu.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 6.Publication details: London : Routledge, 2000.Description: xii, 167 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.106095125 21
  • 364.1/06/095125 21
LOC classification:
  • HV6437 .C48 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Triads, business, and markets -- Pt. I. The triads. 2. Origins. 3. Organisation -- Pt. II. Legal markets. 4. Protection against extortionists. 5. Protection against competitors: traditional operations. 6. Protection against competitors: recent operations. 7. Dispute settlement -- Pt. III. Illegal markets. 8. Drug dealing. 9. Gambling. 10. Prostitution -- Pt. IV. International markets. 11. Drug trafficking. 12. Human smuggling -- Pt. V. Implications and reflections. 13. Are triads extortionists, entrepreneurs, or protectors? 14. International triad movement: emigration or reversion? 15. New directions in the study of triads -- Appendix 1. Data sources -- Appendix 2. The formation of the Tiandihui -- Appendix 3. The 14K -- Appendix 4. Translation of a triad expulsion order -- Appendix 5. The Big Circle Boys -- Appendix 6. An actress's experience with triads.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Triads, business, and markets -- Pt. I. The triads. 2. Origins. 3. Organisation -- Pt. II. Legal markets. 4. Protection against extortionists. 5. Protection against competitors: traditional operations. 6. Protection against competitors: recent operations. 7. Dispute settlement -- Pt. III. Illegal markets. 8. Drug dealing. 9. Gambling. 10. Prostitution -- Pt. IV. International markets. 11. Drug trafficking. 12. Human smuggling -- Pt. V. Implications and reflections. 13. Are triads extortionists, entrepreneurs, or protectors? 14. International triad movement: emigration or reversion? 15. New directions in the study of triads -- Appendix 1. Data sources -- Appendix 2. The formation of the Tiandihui -- Appendix 3. The 14K -- Appendix 4. Translation of a triad expulsion order -- Appendix 5. The Big Circle Boys -- Appendix 6. An actress's experience with triads.

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