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UNINA9910822199803321 |
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Autore |
Walker Brett L. <1967-> |
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Titolo |
The lost wolves of Japan / / Brett L. Walker ; foreword by William Cronon |
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Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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9780295989938 |
9780295984926 |
9780295988146 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gray wolf - Japan |
Extinct mammals - Japan |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents ""; ""Foreword: A Strange Violent Intimacy by William Cronon ""; ""Preface ""; ""A Note to the Reader ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. Science and the Creation of the Japanese Wolf ""; ""2. Culture and the Creation of Japan's Sacred Wolves ""; ""3. The Conflicts between Wolf Hunters and Rabid Man-Killers in Early Modern Japan ""; ""4. Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and Destroying the Hokkaido Wolf ""; ""5. Wolf Bounties and the Ecologies of Progress ""; ""6. Wolf Extinction Theories and the Birth of Japan's Discipline of Ecology ""; ""Epilogue "" |
""Appendix: Wolves and Bears Killed and Bounties Paid by Administrative Region, 1877-1881 """"Notes ""; ""Works Cited ""; ""Index "" |
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