Minamata
Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan
Seiten
2002
Harvard University, Asia Center (Verlag)
978-0-674-00785-7 (ISBN)
Harvard University, Asia Center (Verlag)
978-0-674-00785-7 (ISBN)
The outbreak of the “Minamata Disease” in 1950s Japan remains one of the most horrific examples of environmental poisoning in history. Based on primary documents and interviews, this book describes responses to this incidence of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress.
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.
Timothy S. 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 redefined democracy in Japan.
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.
Timothy S. 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 redefined democracy in Japan.
Timothy S. George is Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.5.2002 |
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Reihe/Serie | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
Zusatzinfo | 2 maps, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 6 tables |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 567 g |
Themenwelt | Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
ISBN-10 | 0-674-00785-9 / 0674007859 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-00785-7 / 9780674007857 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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