Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan
- Further Information:
- Note: Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim.
- Authors:
- Lim, Tai-Wei
Shimazaki, Naoko
Godo, Yoshihisa
Lim, Yiru - Contents:
- 1. Introduction- Post-Mining Communities: A multidisciplinary analysis of post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification history.- 2. Comparison of the impacts of Japan's industrialization on the coal mining and agriculture and forestry industries.- 3. The Miike Coal Mine and Omuta City: A case study of the largest and last mine's closure in Japan.- 4. Historical development and gentrification of Hokkaido's former coal-mining areas: Case studies of Bibai, Kushiro, Mikasa and Yubari.- 5. The Coal Industry in the Northeast Asian Context.- 6. Coal Mining Subcultures: a brief cultural history of Hokkaido and comparative perspectives with other regions.- 7. The World of the Female Miner in Japan: Sites of Compliance and Resistance.- 8. Conclusion.
- Publisher Details:
- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Copyright Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Subjects:
- Social sciences
Natural resources
History -- Asia -- Japan
Business & Economics -- Economics -- General
Asian history
Environmental economics
Social Science -- Sociology -- General
Sociology: work & labour
Japan-History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9789811372209
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789811372193
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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