Minamata : Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Timothy S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public health.
Mercury > Toxicology.
Public health > Japan > Minamata-shi.
Mercury > Toxicology > Japan > Minamata-shi.
Japan > Minamata-shi.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Background, 1907-1955
  • 1. Town, Factory, and Empire
  • 2. Minamata Before the Disease
  • pt. II. The First Round of Responses
  • 3. Discovering the Disease and Its Cause
  • 4. The First Solution, 1959
  • pt. III. "Years of Silence"?
  • 5. Maintaining the Solution
  • 6. Change Undermines the Solution
  • pt. IV. The Second Round of Responses, 1968-1973
  • 7. Bringing the Issue to the Nation
  • 8. In and Out of Court: The Second Solution
  • pt. V. Since 1973
  • 9. Minamata and the Tragedy of Japan's "Modernity"
  • Conclusion: Minamata and Postwar Democracy
  • Epilogue: Restless Spirits.

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