Bringing whales ashore : oceans and the environment of early modern Japan /
Jakobina K. Arch.
Bok Engelsk 2018 · History.
| Omfang | xxii, 247 pages : : illustrations, maps ;
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| Opplysninger | Formerly CIP.. - 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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| Sjanger | History. : (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Geografisk emneord | Japan - History . - Japan. : (OCoLC)fst01204082
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| ISBN | 9780295743295 (hbk.) : : £29.99
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