Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan

by Jakobina K Arch and Jakobina K. Arch

Book Overview

Japan today defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking tradition--but what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1603-1868), Jakobina Arch shows that the organized, shore-based whaling that first developed during these years bore little resemblance to modern Japanese whaling. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from whaling ledgers to recipe books and gravestones...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295743298
• ISBN13: 9780295743295
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher