{"product_id":"the-ashio-riot-of-1907-9780822320180","title":"The Ashio Riot of 1907","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplains 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables        ix\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Preface \/ Andrew Gordon        xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments        xvii\u003cbr\u003e Author's Introduction to the English Edition        1\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: The Ashio Copper Mine and the Japanese Mining Industry        12\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Subjective Conditions of the Ashio Riot: A Critique of the Theory of \"Atomized Laborers\"        41\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Historical Analysis of the Lodge System: A Critique of the Migrant Labor Theory        154\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: The Significance of Ashio        186\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Japanese Miners in Comparative Perspective        217\u003cbr\u003e Notes        233\u003cbr\u003e Index        267","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406020026711,"sku":"9780822320180","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ashio-riot-of-1907-9780822320180","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}