The lost wolves of Japan / / Brett L. Walker ; foreword by William Cronon
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2005 |
| ©2005 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 599.773/0952 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gray wolf - Japan |
| Extinct mammals - Japan | |
| Altri autori: |
CrononWilliam
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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 "" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The lost wolves of Japan |
| ISBN: | 9780295989938 |
| 9780295984926 | |
| 9780295988146 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791676603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.