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Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan (2018)

Arch, Jakobina (Author)
Sutter, Paul S. (Author)

University of Washington Press
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

ISBN: 9780295743295

Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 272

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Science and politics Whaling Environmental history Environment Ocean and civilization Oceans and seas Whales Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868) 19th century 18th century 17th century Early modern Pacific Ocean Japan

Today, Japan 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 for fetal whales, she traces how the images of whales and byproducts of commercial whaling were woven into the lives of people throughout Japan. Economically, Pacific Ocean resources were central in supporting the expanding Tokugawa state. In this vivid and nuanced study of how the Japanese people brought whales ashore during the Tokugawa period, Arch makes important contributions to both environmental and Japanese history by connecting Japanese whaling to marine environmental history in the Pacific, including the devastating impact of American whaling in the nineteenth century.

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Review Nancy Shoemaker (2019) Review of "Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan". American Historical Review (pp. 1396-1398). unapi

Review David A. Bello (2020) Review of "Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan". East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine (pp. 174-179). unapi

Review Jason M Colby (April 2019) Review of "Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan". Environmental History (pp. 383-385). unapi

Review Herman Reichenbach (2019) Review of "Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan". Archives of Natural History (pp. 180-181). unapi

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