Bringing Whales Ashore
Jakobina K. Arch, Paul S. Sutter · 2020
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About the book
"... Drawing on a wide range of sources, from whaling ledgers to recipe books and gravestones for fetal whales, [the author] traces how the images of whales and by-products of commercial whaling were woven into the lives of people throughout Japan. Economically, Pacific Ocean resources were central in supporting the expanding Tokugawa state ... [in] this vivid and nuanced study ..."--Dust jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780295748108
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