Minamata Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan

Name: Minamata Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan
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ISBN: 9780674007857

ISBN-10: 0674007859

ISBN-13: 9780674007857

Edition: 2001

Authors: Timothy S. George

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Based on primary documents and interviews, this text describes three rounds of responses to a tragic case of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
Publication date: 3/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

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



Tables, Maps, and Figures


Note on Conventions


Introduction



Background


1907-1955 Town, Factory, and Empire


The Setting The Factory Comes to Minamata


The Growth of Nitchitsu Nitchitsu, Minamata, and Imperial Japan Minamata Before the Disease Nitchitsu and Minamata


Society Defeat, Recovery, and Boom Minamata Politics in the 1950s Life in Minamata in the 1950s: Hamamoto Tsuginori



The First Round of Responses


Discovering the Disease and Its Cause


The First Solution, 1959 The Fisherfolk's Struggle for Compensation


The Victim's Struggle for Compensation "As Clean as River Water": The Third Leg of the "Solution"



"Years of Silence"?


Maintaining the Solution


The Fishers


The Patients Change Undermines the Solution Changes in Minamata Changes in Japan



The Second Round of Responses


1968-1973 Bringing the Issue to the Nation 1968


An End to Solidarity: Leave It up to Others, or Sue?


Kawamoto Teruo and the Uncertified Patients


New Forms of Action and a Broadening Base of Support


In and Out of Court: The Second Solution


The Leaflet War in Minamata Direct Negotiations in Tokyo Defections and Confrontations


The mediation Groups and the Forgery Incident


The Trial: Proving Negligence After the Verdict: Negiotating from a Position of Strength



Since 1973


Minamata and the Tragedy of Japan's "Modernity" Remembering: Tales and Lessons of Minamata


Events Since 1973: Toward a More Complete Solution Painfully Slow Healing


Conclusion: Minamata and Postwar Democracy


Epilogue: Restless Spirits


Reference Matter


Notes


Bibliography


Index