2. Testing the Limits: Workers' Challenge ( 1945-1948)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. TABLES ix
4. FIGURES xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. 2. Testing the Limits: Workers' Challenge ( 1945-1948) 37
9. 3. The Japan-U.S. Business Alliance: Capital Retaliates (1948-1951) 67
10. 4. Forms and Substance of Labor-Management Relations (1951-1955) 98
11. 5. Institutions Emerge: Tensions, Limits, and Challenges (1955-1959) 127
12. 6. Lean Production and the Quality Movement: Suzuki and Toyota 161
13. 7. Miike 1960: The Limits of Coercion 191
14. 8. High-Speed Growth and Unequal Development 219
15. 9. Conclusion 259
16. Bibliography 295
17. Index 307