Bringing whales ashore : oceans and the environment of early modern Japan
Record details
- ISBN: 9780295743295
- ISBN: 9780295743301
- ISBN: 0295743301
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Physical Description:
1 online resource.
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Computer data. - Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]
- Copyright: �2018
Content descriptions
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. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. History. |