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The gods of the sea : whales and coastal communities in northeast Japan, c.1600-2019 / Fynn Holm

Author
Holm, Fynn
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Open Access Unrestricted online access
Contents
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.
Summary
"Challenging common portrayals of Japan as a centuries-old whaling nation, Fynn Holm shows that many coastal communities in early modern Northeast Japan believed whales to be the incarnation of the god of the sea that brought fish to the shore, leading to violent anti-whaling protests that shocked the country"--
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ISBN
9781009305532 electronic book
1009305530 electronic book
9781009305518 hardcover
9781009305556 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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