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  • Early Modern Marine Environments

    A Global History

    by Jakobina K. Arch, Jack Bouchard ...
    Series series Themes in Environmental History
    Across the early modern world (late 1400s to mid-1900s), oceans provided the key connection between far-flung communities in an age of empire and colonial expansion, while also serving as an increasingly important source of resources, from salted fish to whale oil to luxurious pearls.This story has rarely been told from the perspective of the marine environment itself. This book brings together ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Bringing Whales Ashore

    Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan

    by Jakobina K. Arch, Paul S. Sutter ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Japan today defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking tradition—but what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), Jakobina Arch shows that the organized, shore-based whaling that first developed during these years bore little resemblance to modern Japanese whaling. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Oceanic Japan

    The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History

    by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, David R. Armitage, Gregory Clancey, Bathsheba Demuth, Alexis Dudden, Martin Dusinberre0, Kjell Ericson1, Gerald Figal2, Toshihiro Higuchi3, David L. Howell4, Julia Markio Jacoby5, Jakobina Arch6, Ryan Tucker Jones7, Paul Kreitman8, Manako Ogawa9, Katherine Matsuura0, Jonas M. Rüegg1, Hannah Shepherd2, Satsuki Takahashi3, Takehiro Watanabe4, Kären Wigen5, Marcia Yonemoto6, Brett L. Walker7, Mary Carmel Finley8, Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu9, Sujit Sivasundaram0 ...
    Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feeding millions, and seeding conflicts over territory and resources. And yet, Japan studies remains largely beholden to a terrestrial view of the world that is at odds with the importance of the sea. This ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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    The Andaman and Nicobar Story

    by Pankaj Sekhsaria ...
    Pankaj Sekhsaria is the most consistent chronicler of contemporary issues in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and one of the best known. His writings on the environment, wildlife conservation, development and indigenous communities have provided insights and perspective on the life of the islands for over two decades. Islands in Flux is a compilation of Sekhsaria's writings on key issues in the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Priests and Programmers

    Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

    by J. Stephen Lansing ...
    For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engineered landscape of the island's rice terraces has taken shape. According to Stephen Lansing, the need for effective cooperation in water management links thousands of farmers together in hierarchies of productive relationships that span entire watersheds.Lansing describes the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Indian Ocean Tsunami

    The Global Response to a Natural Disaster

    Edited by Pradyumna P. Karan, Shanmugam P. Subbiah ...
    On December 26, 2004, a massive tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake pummeled the coasts of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and other countries along the Indian Ocean. With casualties as far away as Africa, the aftermath was overwhelming: ships could be spotted miles inland; cars floated in the ocean; legions of the unidentified dead—an estimated 225,000—were buried in mass graves; relief ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today

    Ethnography, Ethnology, and Change in a Complex Region

    by Robert L. Winzeler ...
    The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today offers an anthropological treatment of the ethnography and ethnology of Southeast Asia, covering both the mainland and the insular regions. Based on the proposition that Southeast Asia is a true culture area, the book offers background information on geography, languages, prehistory and history, with a particular emphasis on the role of colonialism and the ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Japanese Commons in the Coastal Seas

    How the Satoumi Concept Harmonizes Human Activity in Coastal Seas with High Productivity and Diversity

    by Tetsuo Yanagi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The author proposed the satoumi concept, analogous to the satoyama concept on land, as “coastal sea with high biodiversity and productivity in harmony with human interaction” in 1998. The concept for environmental conservation in the coastal seas has been widely accepted and was included in the Japanese national policy of “Strategy for Establishment of an Environmental Nation” in 2007. This book ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • From Soup to Superstar

    The Story of Sea Turtle Conservation along the Indian Coast

    by Kartik Shanker ...
    'This extraordinary book sets a new benchmark for science writing in India.' - RAMACHANDRA GUHATigers, elephants, lions and other large mammals have so far been central to India's conservation story. In spite of the country's vast coastline and millions being dependent on marine resources for their livelihoods, such species and habitats have been largely neglected in writings on wildlife. From ... Read more

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  • When the Earth Roars

    Lessons from the History of Earthquakes in Japan

    by Gregory Smits ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    Japan, which is among the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, has a long history of responding to seismic disasters. However, despite advances in earthquake-related safety technologies, the destructiveness of the magnitude 9 class earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on 3/11 raised profound questions about how societies can deal effectively with seismic hazards. This important ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Storying Multipolar Climes of the Himalaya, Andes and Arctic

    Anthropocenic Climate and Shapeshifting Watery Lifeworlds

    Edited by Dan Smyer Yü, Jelle J.P. Wouters ...
    This book initiates multipolar climate/clime studies of the world’s altitudinal and latitudinal highlands with terrestrial, experiential, and affective approaches. Framed in the environmental humanities, it is an interdisciplinary, comparative study of the mutually-embodied relations of climate, nature, culture, and place in the Himalaya, Andes, and Arctic.Innovation-driven, the book offers ... Read more

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  • Culture and Communication in Thailand

    by Patchanee Malikhao ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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