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Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan

This fascinating environmental history of Japan examines how traditions and practices in several industriesAa — from raising silkworms to mining lead and coal to refining petroleumAa — have affected the health of workers and those who have lived in these toxic landscapes. — Brett Walker is Regents' Professor and department chairperson of history and philosophy at the University of Montana, Bozeman. He is the author of The Lost Wolves of Japan.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 284
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780295989549
  • Genres
  • history, japan, nature, asia
  • Release date
  • 2010