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Description for 20160930
Paperback. From the outset, society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context. Num Pages: 38 bw, 47 tables integrated. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; RGC; RNA; RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 36. Weight in Grams: 516.
The lush green mountainous archipelago of today supports a population of over 127 million people and one of the most advanced economies in the world. How has this come about? At what environmental cost? Conrad Totman, one of the world's foremost scholars on Japan, here provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the country's environmental history, from its beginnings to the present day. What makes the Japanese story particularly instructive is that the country's boundaries are uncommonly clear and the nature, timing, and extent of external influences on its history are unusually identifiable. The Japanese experience, therefore, not only ... Read more
The lush green mountainous archipelago of today supports a population of over 127 million people and one of the most advanced economies in the world. How has this come about? At what environmental cost? Conrad Totman, one of the world's foremost scholars on Japan, here provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the country's environmental history, from its beginnings to the present day. What makes the Japanese story particularly instructive is that the country's boundaries are uncommonly clear and the nature, timing, and extent of external influences on its history are unusually identifiable. The Japanese experience, therefore, not only ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Japan: An Environmental History
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
515 g
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784537432
SKU
V9781784537432
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About Paperback
Conrad Totman is Professor Emeritus in Japanese History, Yale University. Acknowledged as the leading western authority on Japanese environmental history, his books include Japan before Perry, The Green Archipelago, Early Modern Japan, and A History of Japan (3rd edition, 2010)
Reviews for 20160930
This is the premier book for readers in and outside academia to gain a comprehensive view of human interaction with the environment on the Japanese archipelago, and a perspective that is beyond the anthropocentric historiography.
Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire
Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire