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Ashio copper mine pollution (1890s–1901)

On the Industrial Revolution map as “Ashio Copper Mine”

1890s–1901 — Waste from Japan’s largest copper mine poisons the Watarase river, carrying the damage to farms downstream. The politician Tanaka Shōzō leads protests, and in 1901 he tries to petition the emperor directly. Remember the villages.

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Site of memory
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Industrialisation of Meiji Japan (chapter 10 of Industrial Revolution)
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The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia
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Map showing Ashio copper mine pollution (1890s–1901), site of memory in The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
SITE OF MEMORY · THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1750–1914

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