Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811372193)

This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of approach in the field of energy studies of Japan, examining post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification. It considers the impact of closures on the agricultural industry, the re-absorption of laid off coal miners into service and industrial sectors, and the gentrification of former coal mines into agricultural farms and communities. It also considers the historical process of gentrification in terms of origins, social history, continuity/discontinuity and cooperation/resistance. The historical background of coal mine closures analyses nostalgic recollection about mine closures and Sakubei's UNESCO drawings of life in the coal mines and other cultural materials related to coal energy and the mining industry in general in Japan.

Author: Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo
ISBN-10: 9811372195
ISBN-13: 9789811372193
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2019
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d