Toxic Archipelago

by Walker, Brett

• ISBN13: 9780295989549
• ISBN10: 0295989548
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-30
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

This fascinating environmental history of Japan examines how traditions and practices in several industriesÂ--from raising silkworms to mining lead and coal to refining petroleumÂ--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.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Pain of a Poisoned World	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xvii
Introduction: Knowing Nature	p. 3
The Agency of Insects	p. 22
The Agency of Chemicals	p. 45
Copper Mining and Ecological Collapse	p. 71
Engineering Pain in the Jinz&ubar; River Basin	p. 108
Mercury's Offspring	p. 137
Hell at the H&obar;j&obar; Colliery	p. 176
Conclusion	p. 211
Notes	p. 225
Works Cited	p. 251
Index	p. 271
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