The 1921 Mitsubishi Kawasaki strike : the past and present world of the Kobe Shipyard workers

This thesis explores the background and events of the 1921 strike at Mitsubishi and Kawasaki shipyards in Kobe, Japan. The dispute, the largest in Japan's pre-World War II history, occurred in a period of labor turbulence that had begun in 1917. At issue in the 1921 strike was the workers�...

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Main Author: Maki, Wilma Jane
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3100