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The Ashio Riot of 1907: A Social History of Mining in Japan
Kazuo Nimura
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Description for The Ashio Riot of 1907: A Social History of Mining in Japan
Paperback. Explains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. In the course of this historical analysis, this book takes on some of the most influential critical perspectives on Japanese social and labour history. It will interest scholars of labour history. Editor(s): Gordon, Andrew. Translator(s): Boardman, Terry. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 figures, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JPWF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
In The Ashio Riot of 1907, Nimura Kazuo explains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine—Japan’s largest mining concern and one of the largest such operations in the world—joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. Exploring an event in labor history unprecedented in the Japan of that time, Nimura uses this riot as a launching point to analyze the social, economic, and political structure of early industrial Japan. As such, The Ashio Riot of 1907 functions as a powerful critique of Japanese scholarly approaches to labor economics and social history.
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In The Ashio Riot of 1907, Nimura Kazuo explains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine—Japan’s largest mining concern and one of the largest such operations in the world—joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. Exploring an event in labor history unprecedented in the Japan of that time, Nimura uses this riot as a launching point to analyze the social, economic, and political structure of early industrial Japan. As such, The Ashio Riot of 1907 functions as a powerful critique of Japanese scholarly approaches to labor economics and social history.
Arguing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Comparative & International Working-Class History
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822320180
SKU
V9780822320180
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About Kazuo Nimura
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Ashio Riot of 1907: A Social History of Mining in Japan
"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