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Meiji at 150

Dr. Jakobina Arch (Whitman College) Arch, Jakobina; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Arch recasts our perspective of the Meiji Restoration and of Japan out to sea by charting the history of Japanese whaling. We question the sustainability of premodern whaling, discuss changes in whaling practices during the Meiji Period, interrogate the lack of attention to the oceans and to whaling in Japanese history, and navigate debates over Japanese whaling today.

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Title
Dr. Jakobina Arch (Whitman College)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 47
Creator
Arch, Jakobina; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-07-31
Description
In this episode, Dr. Arch recasts our perspective of the Meiji Restoration and of Japan out to sea by charting the history of Japanese whaling. We question the sustainability of premodern whaling, discuss changes in whaling practices during the Meiji Period, interrogate the lack of attention to the oceans and to whaling in Japanese history, and navigate debates over Japanese whaling today.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; whaling; sustainable fishing
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415940
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81933
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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