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Silk and insight : a novel

Author: Yukio Mishima; Hiroaki Sato; Frank Gibney
Publisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A novel on a strike at a silk plant in 1950s Japan, illustrating the true face of the much-touted Japanese paternalism. The company operated a network of spies and anyone falling ill was fired. The strike led to better working conditions throughout Japan.
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.
Silk and insight.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1998
(OCoLC)606357237
Online version:
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.
Silk and insight.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1998
(OCoLC)607061818
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Yukio Mishima; Hiroaki Sato; Frank Gibney
ISBN: 0765602997 9780765602992 0765603004 9780765603005
OCLC Number: 38431838
Notes: "An East gate book."
"A Pacific Basin Institute book"--P. facing t.p.
Description: xviii, 219 p. ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: Kinu to meisatsu.
Responsibility: Yukio Mishima ; edited by Frank Gibney ; translated by Hiroaki Sato.

Abstract:

A novel on a strike at a silk plant in 1950s Japan, illustrating the true face of the much-touted Japanese paternalism. The company operated a network of spies and anyone falling ill was fired. The strike led to better working conditions throughout Japan.

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