Kazuo Nimura

The Ashio Riot of 1907

A Social History of Mining in Japan
Herausgeber: Gordon, Andrew / Übersetzer: Boardman, Terry

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Produktbeschreibung

"Nimura is by all measures a leading figure in the field of Japanese labor history. And he has much to tell us about how labor in Japan was transformed in the Meiji period from traditional structures to a newer and more 'modern' system."--Fred G. Notehelfer, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822320081
• ISBN-10: 0822320088
• Artikelnr.: 42990719

Autorenporträt

Kazuo Nimura is Professor of History at the Ohara Institute for Social Research at Hosei University, Japan. Andrew Gordon is Professor of History at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University. Kazuo Nimura is Professor of History at the Ohara Institute for Social Research at Hosei University, Japan. Andrew Gordon is Professor of History at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables ix
Editor's Preface / Andrew Gordon xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Author's Introduction to the English Edition 1
Prologue: The Ashio Copper Mine and the Japanese Mining Industry 12
1. The Subjective Conditions of the Ashio Riot: A Critique of the Theory of
"Atomized Laborers" 41
2. A Historical Analysis of the Lodge System: A Critique of the Migrant
Labor Theory 154
Conclusions: The Significance of Ashio 186
Epilogue: Japanese Miners in Comparative Perspective 217
Notes 233
Index 267