Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan
Awards:   Nominated for Harold and Margaret Sprout Award 2002 Nominated for John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History 2001 Nominated for PROSE Awards 2001
Author:   Timothy S. George
Publisher:   Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   No. 194
ISBN:  

9780674007857


Pages:   424
Publication Date:   21 March 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan


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  • Nominated for Harold and Margaret Sprout Award 2002
  • Nominated for John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History 2001
  • Nominated for PROSE Awards 2001

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Author:   Timothy S. George
Publisher:   Harvard University, Asia Center
Imprint:   Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   No. 194
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780674007857


ISBN 10:   0674007859
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   21 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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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. -- Anja Osiander Social Science Journal (02/01/2002)


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. -- Anja Osiander * Social Science Journal *


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.--Anja Osiander Social Science Journal (2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM)


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Timothy S. George is Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island.

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