Author | Lim, Tai Wei. author. Author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut |
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Title | Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan [electronic resource] / by Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim |
Imprint | Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 |
Edition | 1st ed. 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7220-9 |
Descript | XVII, 225 p. 41 illus. online resource |
1. Introduction- Post-Mining Communities: A multidisciplinary analysis of post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification history -- 2. Comparison of the impacts of Japan’s industrialization on the coal mining and agriculture and forestry industries -- 3. The Miike Coal Mine and Omuta City: A case study of the largest and last mine’s closure in Japan -- 4. Historical development and gentrification of Hokkaido’s former coal-mining areas: Case studies of Bibai, Kushiro, Mikasa and Yubari -- 5. The Coal Industry in the Northeast Asian Context -- 6. Coal Mining Subcultures: a brief cultural history of Hokkaido and comparative perspectives with other regions -- 7. The World of the Female Miner in Japan: Sites of Compliance and Resistance -- 8. Conclusion