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Conrad Totman
This is an original and compelling synthesis of the environmental history of Korea and Japan.
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From the outset, society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context.
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Traces the history of what was to become one of Japan’s major resources and a model of conservation and forestry management. This study explores the great early Meiji debate between…
The Japanese are conscious of the lush green of their homeland, which they refer to as ‘the green archipelago’. This work states that this lush verdue is not a monument…
This thoughtfully organized survey of Japan’s early modern period (1568-1868) is a remarkable blend of political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural history. The only truly comprehensive study in English of…
By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a array of sophisticated cultural…
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Presents the history of Japan from c 8000 BC to the present day. This title covers a range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, government and politics, culture, literature, media…
This work provides a narrative history of Japan from c.8000 BC until the 1990s. The author examines a variety of topics from geology to social, gender and environmental issues. The…
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This inaugural volume in the Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History is the paperback edition of Conrad Totman’s widely acclaimed study of Japan’s environmental policies over the centuries.Professor
