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Harvard East Asian Monographs 194

Minamata

Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan

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PAPERBACK

$29.95 • £23.95 • €27.00

ISBN 9780674007857

Publication Date: 03/21/2002

Short

424 pages

6 x 9 inches

2 maps, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 6 tables

Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard East Asian Monographs

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