Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• 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
• Access Rights: 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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