Taking as its departure point the decision by the town of Kaminoseki to essentially preserve its existence by risking its environment, this book historicizes that extraordinary decision by reconstructing the everyday lives of Kaminosekis townspeople in vivid details across the modern period, so as to bring new understanding to explore the larger phenomenon of decline that is affecting not only Japan but most of the world.
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Taking as its departure point the decision by the town of Kaminoseki to essentially preserve its existence by risking its environment, this book historicizes that extraordinary decision by reconstructing the everyday lives of Kaminosekis townspeople in vivid details across the modern period, so as to bring new understanding to explore the larger phenomenon of decline that is affecting not only Japan but most of the world.
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