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Undermining the Japanese Miracle: Work and Conflict in a Japanese Coalmining Community

By Matthew Allen

Book information

Year
1994
ISBN
0521450098, 9780521450096, 0521114942, 9780521114943, 9780511586095
LCC
HD9556.J32 C483 1994
Open Library ID
OL1079654M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10636489 bytes)
Pages
308\318
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book is about the underside of Japan's economic miracle. It is an account of people who have been forgotten in Japan's push to industrialize in the postwar era: the coalminers of Chikuho on Japan's southernmost island. The dirty and neglected character of Chikuho is in stark contrast with Japan's prevailing image as an international leader in technology and an affluent, socially cohesive country. The book challenges the concepts of industrial harmony, cultural homogeneity and caring government that dominate much of the literature on Japan.

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