This fascinating environmental history of Japan examines how traditions and practices in several industries-from raising silkworms to mining lead and coal to refining petroleum-have affected the health of workers and those who have lived in these toxic landscapes. Brett Walker is Regents' Professorand department chairperson of history and philosophy at the University of Montana, Bozeman. He is the author of The Lost Wolves of Japan.
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This fascinating environmental history of Japan examines how traditions and practices in several industries-from raising silkworms to mining lead and coal to refining petroleum-have affected the health of workers and those who have lived in these toxic landscapes. Brett Walker is Regents' Professorand department chairperson of history and philosophy at the University of Montana, Bozeman. He is the author of The Lost Wolves of Japan.
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