Description
Book SynopsisExplains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. In the course of this historical analysis, this book takes on some of the most influential critical perspectives on Japanese social and labour history. It will interest scholars of labour history.
Trade Review"Nimura is by all measures a leading figure in the field of Japanese labor history. And he has much to tell us about how labor in Japan was transformed in the Meiji period from traditional structures to a newer and more ‘modern’ system."—Fred G. Notehelfer, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix
Editor's Preface / Andrew Gordon xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Author's Introduction to the English Edition 1
Prologue: The Ashio Copper Mine and the Japanese Mining Industry 12
1. The Subjective Conditions of the Ashio Riot: A Critique of the Theory of "Atomized Laborers" 41
2. A Historical Analysis of the Lodge System: A Critique of the Migrant Labor Theory 154
Conclusions: The Significance of Ashio 186
Epilogue: Japanese Miners in Comparative Perspective 217
Notes 233
Index 267
