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Cambridge Oceanic Histories Ser.: Japan's Ocean Borderlands : Nature and Sovereignty by Paul Kreitman (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108489702
ISBN-139781108489706
eBay Product ID (ePID)18058371842
Product Key Features
Number of Pages300 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJapan's Ocean Borderlands : Nature and Sovereignty
Publication Year2023
SubjectAsia / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorPaul Kreitman
Subject AreaHistory
SeriesCambridge Oceanic Histories Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2022-055070
Reviews'Working in the eye-opening field of 'political ecology,' Kreitman shows how exploiting nature and conserving it both serve to 'perform' sovereignty.' Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 'The book's overall significance lies in its exploration of the role of the environment in geopolitical and imperial history, particularly in the context of Japan's oceanic territories. It provides a unique perspective on how ecological considerations can influence territorial claims, and the interplay between environmental conservation and national sovereignty.' Niki J. P. Alsford, International Journal of Maritime History, 'After reading this book, the reader can grasp the fluidity that surrounds these territories, invisible at a bird's-eye view. Their sovereignty, resources, and even geography and natural features have changed over time, influenced by both the oceanic environment and human activity.' Beatriz Martinez-Rius, H-Net
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal341.4480952
Table Of ContentMaps; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Naming Conventions; Introduction; 1. Bonins of Contention: Extraterritorial Empire and Borderland Citizenship in the 19th Century Pacific; 2. The Race to Marcus Island: Commodities and Colonisation in the North Pacific, 1885-1902; 3. Bird and Sovereignty Conservation in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, 1898-1911; 4. Sand Dunes and Soldiers: From Phosphate Mining to National Defence (1902-1939); 5. Disaster: The Abandonment of Japan's Remote Islands, 1902-1945; 6. Resurrecting the Torishima Albatross: Wild Birds and Sovereignty in Postwar Japan; 7. The Nature of the Senkaku Islands: Biodiversity Conservation in Okinawa, 1945-2013; Epilogue: Islands and Oceans; Appendix: Japanese islands abandoned, 1868-2013; Select Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisDesert islands are the focus of intense geopolitical tensions in East Asia today, but they are also sites of nature conservation. In this global environmental history, Paul Kreitman explores how the politics of conservation and sovereignty have entangled on islands from Hawai'i to the South China Sea, from the mid-nineteenth century till today., Desert islands are the focus of intense geopolitical tensions in East Asia today, but they are also sites of nature conservation. In this global environmental history, Paul Kreitman shows how the politics of conservation have entangled with the politics of sovereignty since the emergence of the modern Japanese state in the mid-nineteenth century. Using case studies ranging from Hawai'i to the Bonin Islands to the Senkaku (Ch: Diaoyu) Isles to the South China Sea, he explores how bird islands on the distant margins of the Japanese archipelago and beyond transformed from sites of resource extraction to outposts of empire and from wartime battlegrounds to nature reserves. This study examines how interactions between birds, bird products, bureaucrats, speculators, sailors, soldiers, scientists and conservationists shaped ongoing claims to sovereignty over oceanic spaces. It considers what the history of desert islands shows us about imperial and post-imperial power, the web of political, economic and ecological connections between islands and oceans, and about the relationship between sovereignty, territory and environment in the modern world.
LC Classification NumberGE160.J3
