The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) Book PDF, ePub eBook

Ken C. Kawashima

The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society).pdf

File Name: The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society).pdf
Size: 23.26 MB
Uploaded: 2017-01-6 02:17:23

Status: AVAILABLE Last checked: 18 Minutes ago!

Rating: ★★★★★ 92 out of 100 based on 22156 user

Join our eBook service for unlimited books & audiobooks. Get a free 7 day subscription! ↓↓↓↓↓

Book Descriptions:

Koreans constituted the largest colonial labor force in imperial Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Caught between the Scylla of agricultural destitution in Korea and the Charybdis of industrial depression in Japan, migrant Korean peasants arrived on Japanese soil amid extreme instability in the labor and housing markets. In The Proletarian Gamble, Ken C. Kawashima maintains that contingent labor is a defining characteristic of capitalist commodity economies. He scrutinizes how the labor power of Korean workers in Japan was commodified, and how these workers both fought against the racist and contingent conditions of exchange and combated institutionalized racism.

Kawashima draws on previously unseen archival materials from interwar Japan as he describes how Korean migrants struggled against various recruitment practices, unfair and discriminatory wages, sudden firings, racist housing practices, and excessive bureaucratic red tape. Demonstrating that there was no single Korean “minority,” he reveals how Koreans exploited fellow Koreans and how the stratification of their communities worked to the advantage of state and capital. However, Kawashima also describes how, when migrant workers did organize—as when they became involved in Rōsō (the largest Korean communist labor union in Japan) and in Zenkyō (the Japanese communist labor union)—their diverse struggles were united toward a common goal. In The Proletarian Gamble, his analysis of the Korean migrant workers' experiences opens into a much broader rethinking of the fundamental nature of capitalist commodity economies and the analytical categories of the proletariat, surplus populations, commodification, and state power.

The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) by Ken C. Kawashima

From reader reviews:

Billy Stinson:

This book untitled The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) to be one of several books which best seller in this year, here is because when you read this reserve you can get a lot of benefit on it. You will easily to buy this kind of book in the book store or you can order it by using online. The publisher on this book sells the e-book too. It makes you quicker to read this book, since you can read this book in your Smart phone. So there is no reason for your requirements to past this book from your list.

Travis Hargrove:

The book The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) will bring someone to the new experience of reading a new book. The author style to explain the idea is very unique. When you try to find new book to learn, this book very appropriate to you. The book The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) is much recommended to you to learn. You can also get the e-book through the official web site, so you can quickly to read the book.

Thomas Manna:

Often the book The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) has a lot info on it. So when you make sure to read this book you can get a lot of help. The book was written by the very famous author. The writer makes some research before write this book. This book very easy to read you will get the point easily after scanning this book.

Joseph Langley:

The book untitled The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) contain a lot of information on this. The writer explains the girl idea with easy method. The language is very straightforward all the people, so do not necessarily worry, you can easy to read this. The book was written by famous author. The author brings you in the new era of literary works. It is easy to read this book because you can continue reading your smart phone, or program, so you can read the book with anywhere and anytime. In a situation you wish to purchase the e-book, you can open their official web-site and also order it. Have a nice examine.

How it works:

1. Register a free 1 month Trial Account.
2. Download as many books as you like (Personal use)
3. Cancel the membership at any time if not satisfied.