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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791867603321

Autore

Kalland Arne

Titolo

Shingu : a Japanese fishing community / / Arne Kalland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1980, 2011

ISBN

1-136-91696-2

1-136-91697-0

1-283-03798-X

9786613037985

0-203-84398-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; Volume 75

Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; ; no. 44

Disciplina

307.7/2/095222

307.72095222

338.37270952

Soggetti

Villages - Japan

Fishers - Japan - Shingù„-shi (Fukuoka-ken)

Shingù„-shi (Japan) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1981.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 195-198.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II: THE SETTING; CHAPTER III: THE HISTORY OF SHINGU; CHAPTER IV: HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITY; CHAPTER V: TECHNOLOGY AND ANNUAL CYCLES; CHAPTER VI: THE FISHING BOAT AS A MANAGEMENT UNIT; CHAPTER VII: NET-GROUPS AS MANAGEMENT UNITS; CHAPTER VIII: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN THE FISHERIES; CHAPTER IX: RECRUITMENT OF FISHERMEN; CHAPTER X: CONCLUSION; APPENDIX I: THE FISHING HOUSEHOLDS; APPENDIX II: MERCHANT HOUSES IN SHINGU-URA; APPENDIX III THE CATCHES IN SHINGU IN 1950 (Unit: 1000 yen)

APPENDIX IV: THE RELATIVE VALUE OF THE MONTHLY CATCHES IN SHINGUNOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

From being an important centre which attracted a large number of



merchants during the feudal period, Shing?, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances. Although Japan is the largest fishing nation in the world, when originally published this book was the first to be published in English which focussed on the composition and role performance of the crews and larger net-groups. This analysis has been set in an historical perspective, showing how the vertic