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Weaved into all the chapters, there are human stories of the Japanese coal mining industry. In Chap. 2, the human-centred historical narrative is that of the individual peasant and his collective making a transition from peasantry to modern industrial workers. Chapter 3 curates the individual and collective trials and tribulations of coal miners in the story of economic transition of an entire industry. Chapter 4 discusses how environmental changes transform human experiences in appreciating aesthetics with greener and more artistic environment in gentrified spaces. Chapter 5 contextualizes the coal industry in the Northeast Asian setting. Chapter 6 details gender perspectives of contributions made by women in a male-dominated coal mining industry in Japan and the expression of human emotions through poetry, films, and literary devices.
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Lim, T.W., Shimazaki, N., Godo, Y., Lim, Y. (2019). Conclusion. In: Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7220-9_8
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