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Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Timothy S. George
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Paperback. Based on primary documents and interviews, this text describes three rounds of responses to a tragic case of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 416 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHV; JPW; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Nearly forty years after the outbreak of the Minamata Disease, it remains one of the most horrific examples of environmental poisoning. Based on primary documents and interviews, this book describes three rounds of responses to this incidence of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters, particularly the activities of grassroots movements and popular campaigns, to secure redress. George argues that Japan's postwar democracy is ad hoc, fragile, and dependent on definition through citizen action and that the redress effort is exemplary of the great changes in the second and third postwar decades that ... Read more
Nearly forty years after the outbreak of the Minamata Disease, it remains one of the most horrific examples of environmental poisoning. Based on primary documents and interviews, this book describes three rounds of responses to this incidence of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters, particularly the activities of grassroots movements and popular campaigns, to secure redress. George argues that Japan's postwar democracy is ad hoc, fragile, and dependent on definition through citizen action and that the redress effort is exemplary of the great changes in the second and third postwar decades that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674007857
SKU
V9780674007857
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About Timothy S. George
Timothy S. George is Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island.
Reviews for Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
This is the first account, in any language, which covers the controversies surrounding the infamous mercury poisoning in Minamata in southern Kyushu over the time frame of ninety years, from the founding of the factory which caused the pollution, up to the settlement for compensation reached in 1995...George's monograph provides an excellent point of departure for further inquiries.
(02/01/2002)
(02/01/2002)