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Toxic Archipelago : A History of Industrial Disease in Japan.

Walker, Brett L.

Toxic Archipelago : A History of Industrial Disease in Japan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks. . - Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks. .

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: the pain of a poisoned world by William Cronon -- Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction: Knowing Nature -- 1. The Agency of Insects -- 2. The Agency of Chemicals -- 3. Copper Mining and Ecological Collapse -- 4. Engineering Pain in the Jinzū River Basin -- 5. Mercury's Offspring -- 6. Hell at the Hojo Colliery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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Occupational diseases -- Japan -- History.
Human ecology -- Japan -- History.
Japan -- Environmental conditions.


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