Lost Wolves of Japan

Informationen zum Autor Brett L. Walker is Regents' Professor and department chairperson of history and philosophy at Montana State University, Bozeman, and the author of The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800. Klappentext NEW IN PAPERBACKIn pre-modern Japan, wolves were worshipped as sacred; with the spread of rabies in the 18th century, they became feared and hunted; by 1905 wolves had disappeared from the country. In this intriguing book, Brett Walker examines how and why wolves became extinct in Japan, and the changing attitudes toward nature that are implied. "This exquisite book provides an excellent introduction to the history of taxonomy and the development of ecological science throughout the world; it is also a wonderful examination of the human dimensions of wildlife in Japan Highly recommended.ChoiceBrett Walker is associate professor of history at Montana State University. Zusammenfassung In pre-modern Japan! wolves were worshipped as sacred; with the spread of rabies in the 18th century! they became feared and hunted; by 1905 wolves had disappeared from the country. This book examines how and why wolves became extinct in Japan! and the changing attitudes toward nature that are implied. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: A Strange Violent Intimacy / William Cronon Preface A Note to the Reader Introduction Science and the Creation of the Japanese Wolf Culture and the Creation of Japan's Sacred Wolves The Conflicts between Wolf Hunters and Rabid Man-Killers in Early Modern Japan Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and Destroying the Hokkaido Wolf Wolf Bounties and the Ecologies of Progress Wolf Extinction Theories and the Birth of Japan's Discipline of Ecology Appendix: Wolves and Bears Killed and Bounties Paid by Administrative Region, 1877-1881 Notes Works Cited Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Brett Walker, Brett L Walker, Brett L. Walker
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2008
• EAN: 9780295988146
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98814-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
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• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous