Undermining the Japanese Miracle - Work and Conflict in a Japanese Coal-mining Community (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Matthew Allen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-45009-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-521-45009-8
Barcode:	9780521450096

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