Minamata : : pollution and the struggle for democracy in postwar Japan / / Timothy S. George.

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.

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 194
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Press,, 2001.
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 194.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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