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Turbulent streams : an environmental history of Japan's rivers, 1600-1930

Title
Turbulent streams : an environmental history of Japan's rivers, 1600-1930 / by Roderick I. Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Roderick I. (Roderick Ike)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

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Description
xiii, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.
Summary
"In Turbulent Streams: An Environmental History of Japan's Rivers, 1600-1920, Roderick I. Wilson describes how the rivers of Japan are both hydrologically and historically dynamic. Today, these waterways are slowed, channeled, diverted, and dammed by a myriad of levees, multiton concrete tetrapods, and massive multipurpose dams. In part, this intensive engineering arises from the waterways falling great elevations over short distances, flowing over unstable rock and soil, and receiving large quantities of precipitation during monsoons and typhoons. But this modern river regime is also the product of a history that narrowed both these waterways and people's diverse interactions with them in the name of flood control. Neither a story of technological progress nor environmental decline, this history introduces the concept of environmental relations as a category of historical analysis both to explore these fluvial interactions and reveal underappreciated dimensions of Japanese history"--
Series Statement
Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; volume 68
Uniform Title
Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 68.
Subject
  • River engineering > Japan > History
  • River engineering > Government policy > Japan
  • Riparian areas > Japan > History
  • Riparian areas > Management > Government policy > Japan
  • Ecology
  • Riparian areas
  • River engineering
  • Government policy
  • Riparian areas > Management
  • Environmental conditions
  • Tone River (Japan)
  • Yodo River (Japan)
  • Japan > Environmental conditions
  • Japan
  • Japan > Tone River
  • Japan > Yodo River
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Informational works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Riparian relations in the Kantō Region -- Regional river regime under the Tokugawa government -- Engineering and river engineers in the age of imperialism -- Confluence along the Yodo River -- Constructing the modern river regime in Japan.
Call Number
JFE 23-5
ISBN
  • 9789004433014
  • 9004433015
LCCN
  • 2021011062
  • 40030620034
OCLC
1245249139
Author
Wilson, Roderick I. (Roderick Ike), author.
Title
Turbulent streams : an environmental history of Japan's rivers, 1600-1930 / by Roderick I. Wilson.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; volume 68
Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 68.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Wilson, Roderick I. (Roderick Ike) Turbulent streams Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004438231 (DLC) 2021011063
Other Standard Identifier
40030620034
Research Call Number
JFE 23-5
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