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22%OFFIan Jared Miller - The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo - 9780520271869 - V9780520271869
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The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo

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Description for The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo Hardback. It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state. This title offers a study of Japan's first modern zoo, Tokyo's Ueno Imperial Zoological Gardens, opened in 1882. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution - at once museum, laboratory, and prison - of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan's first modern zoo, Tokyo's Ueno Imperial Zoological Gardens, opened in 1882, Ian Jared Miller offers a refreshingly unconventional narrative of Japan's rapid modernization and changing relationship with the natural world. As the first zoological garden in the world not built under the sway of a Western imperial ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520271869
SKU
V9780520271869
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About Ian Jared Miller
Ian Jared Miller teaches Japanese history at Harvard University.

Reviews for The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo
"A rich political and cultural history of modern Japan."
Fa-ti Fan Cross-Currents "The Nature of Beasts is a critical intervention in global zoo, environmental and Japanese histories. It stands on its own as a fascinating and thoughtful history, but also provides opportunities for future scholarly exploration into patterns of human dominion over nature across the East Asian world."
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