Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan

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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.

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Full title :Minamata : Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan.

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Publication Date:2002.

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Publisher(s):Harvard University Asia Center
Place of Publication:Cambridge, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

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Description based upon print version of record.

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Description:1 online resource (418 p.).

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ISBN:9781684173471, 1684173477
oclc:on1224365997
Dewey Decimal:615.9/25663/095225

Pt. I. Background, 1907-1955 -- 1. Town, Factory, and Empire -- 2. Minamata Before the Disease -- pt. II. The First Round of Responses -- 3. Discovering the Disease and Its Cause -- 4. The First Solution, 1959 -- pt. III. "Years of Silence"? -- 5. Maintaining the Solution -- 6. Change Undermines the Solution -- pt. IV. The Second Round of Responses, 1968-1973 -- 7. Bringing the Issue to the Nation -- 8. In and Out of Court: The Second Solution -- pt. V. Since 1973 -- 9. Minamata and the Tragedy of Japan's "Modernity" -- Conclusion: Minamata and Postwar Democracy -- Epilogue: Restless Spirits.