Book
Bringing whales ashore : oceans and the environment of early modern Japan
Record details
- ISBN: 9780295743295
- ISBN: 0295743298
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Physical Description:
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xxii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Seattle [Washington] : University of Washington Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-237) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword : The aquamarine archipelago / by Paul S. Sutter -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the text -- Maps of whaling areas -- Introduction -- Seeing from the sea : a whale's-eye view of Japan -- Bringing whales ashore, whalers offshore : coastal networks and the history of whaling -- Moving whales from coasts to mountains : the circulation and use of whale products -- Seeding stories : whales as cultural and scholarly inspiration -- Memorializing whales : religious and spiritual responses to whale death -- Conclusion. Japan and its maritime space. |
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| Subject: | Whaling -- Japan -- History Whaling -- Environmental aspects -- Japan -- History Whaling -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | SH 383.5 J3 A73 2018 (Text) | 26040003375124 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
