The gods of the sea : whales and coastal communities in northeast Japan, c.1600-2019 /
Japan is often imagined as a nation with a long history of whaling. In this innovative new study, Fynn Holm argues that for centuries some regions in early modern Japan did not engage in whaling. In fact, they were actively opposed to it, even resorting to violence when whales were killed. Resistanc...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Col·lecció: | Cambridge oceanic histories.
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| Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009305532 |
Taula de continguts:
- Part One: Living with Whales, 1600-1850
- The Whale Pilgrimage
- The Beached God
- Bringing Sardines to the Shore
- Establishing Whaling in the North
- Part Two: Destroying the Cetosphere, 1850-2019
- The Whaling Empire
- The First Whaling Town
- Burning Down the Whaling Station
- Washing Away the Past.