Bringing whales ashore, oceans and the environment of early modern Japan, Jakobina K. Arch
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Bringing whales ashore, oceans and the environment of early modern Japan, Jakobina K. Arch
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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mapsillustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Bringing whales ashore
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electronic resource
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bibliographydictionaries
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1019836273
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Jakobina K. Arch
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Weyerhaeuser environmental booksJSTOR eBooks
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oceans and the environment of early modern Japan
Table Of Contents
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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