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Bringing whales ashore : oceans and the environment of early modern Japan  Cover Image E-book E-book

Bringing whales ashore : oceans and the environment of early modern Japan

Arch, Jakobina K. (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780295743295
  • ISBN: 9780295743301
  • ISBN: 0295743301
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
    remote
    Computer data.
  • Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]

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General Note:
CatMonthString:july.19
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references 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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Subject: Whaling -- Environmental aspects -- Japan
Whaling -- Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
HISTORY / Asia / Japan
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General
Whaling -- Environmental aspects
Whaling
Japan
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Genre: Electronic books.
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