Introduction
Japan is often presented as a country devoid of natural resources, yet this island nation once had significant deposits of copper, silver and gold. After extraction methods were modernised following the Meiji Restoration, these metals played an important role in the industrialisation of Japan. Ashi...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies
2023
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | Japan is often presented as a country devoid of natural resources, yet this island nation once had significant deposits of copper, silver and gold. After extraction methods were modernised following the Meiji Restoration, these metals played an important role in the industrialisation of Japan. Ashio 足尾 copper mine, for example, established in the sixteenth century, was one of the world’s largest copper-extracting facilities by the late 1800s. Although coal-mining in the proto-industrial peri... |
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