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Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-American
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- ISBN-13
- 9781350186118
- Book Title
- Japan's Empire of Birds
- ISBN
- 9781350186118
- Publication Name
- Japan's Empire of Birds : Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Series
- Soas Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 16.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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As a transnational history of science, Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology focuses on the political aspects of highly mobile Japanese explorer-scientists, or cosmopolitan gentlemen of science, circulating between Japanese and British/American spaces in the transwar period from the 1920s to 1950s. Annika A. Culver examines a network of zoologists united by their practice of ornithology and aristocratic status. She goes on to explore issues of masculinity and race related to this amidst the backdrop of imperial Japan's interwar period of peaceful internationalism, the rise of fascism, the Japanese takeover of Manchuria, and war in China and the Pacific. Culver concludes by investigating how these scientists repurposed their aims during Japan's Allied Occupation and the Cold War. Inspired by geographer Doreen Massey, themes covered in the volume include social space and place in these specific locations and how identities transform to garner social capital and scientific credibility in transnational associations and travel for non-white scientists.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1350186112
ISBN-13
9781350186118
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7058377439
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Japan's Empire of Birds : Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Soas Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan Ser.
Publication Year
2023
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql51.2.C8 2023
Reviews
"This book excels as a gateway to Japanese history for nonspecialist readers. Culver's Japan's Empire of Birds makes an exceptional contribution to existing literature by providing a different perspective to the conceptualizing of transnational scientific imperialism." -- H-Net Reviews "Annika Culver's Japan's Empire of Birds stands out for its original and illuminating topic, which the author has researched with vigor, creativity, and thoroughness. Delving into all matters avian related, from collecting and science to hunting and carrier pigeons, the book makes a compelling case for Japan's previously unacknowledged relationship with birds as a lens on the history of imperialism and war, science and masculinity." -- Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Professor of Modern Japan, University of Colorado Boulder, USA, "This book is more than just a history of ornithology or a biography of Japanese scientists: it is a nuanced exploration of the complex interplay between science, politics and culture in the context of Empire. ... Will undoubtedly interest scholars of Japanese history, the history of science and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating world of ornithology." -- IBIS: International Journal of Avian Science "This book excels as a gateway to Japanese history for nonspecialist readers. Culver's Japan's Empire of Birds makes an exceptional contribution to existing literature by providing a different perspective to the conceptualizing of transnational scientific imperialism." -- H-Net Reviews "Annika Culver's Japan's Empire of Birds stands out for its original and illuminating topic, which the author has researched with vigor, creativity, and thoroughness. Delving into all matters avian related, from collecting and science to hunting and carrier pigeons, the book makes a compelling case for Japan's previously unacknowledged relationship with birds as a lens on the history of imperialism and war, science and masculinity." -- Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Professor of Modern Japan, University of Colorado Boulder, USA "[F]ascinating personal histories of the ornithologists" -- CHOICE, "This book is more than just a history of ornithology or a biography of Japanese scientists: it is a nuanced exploration of the complex interplay between science, politics and culture in the context of Empire. ... Will undoubtedly interest scholars of Japanese history, the history of science and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating world of ornithology." -- IBIS: International Journal of Avian Science "This book excels as a gateway to Japanese history for nonspecialist readers. Culver's Japan's Empire of Birds makes an exceptional contribution to existing literature by providing a different perspective to the conceptualizing of transnational scientific imperialism." -- H-Net Reviews "Annika Culver's Japan's Empire of Birds stands out for its original and illuminating topic, which the author has researched with vigor, creativity, and thoroughness. Delving into all matters avian related, from collecting and science to hunting and carrier pigeons, the book makes a compelling case for Japan's previously unacknowledged relationship with birds as a lens on the history of imperialism and war, science and masculinity." -- Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Professor of Modern Japan, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction. Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Japanese Aristocrats and the Cosmopolitan Science of Empire 1. The Practice of Ornithology: Birds, Hunting, and Social Class in Prewar Japan and the Anglo-American World 2. Western Villas in Aristocratic Japanese Hands: Spaces of Imperial Mimesis and Informal Scientific Exchange 3. Cambridge, UK (1925-1929)-From "Scandalous Marquis" to Explorer-Scientist: Japanese in Western Imperial Settings 4. The Philippines (1929-1931)-A Japanese Ornithologist Encounters the American Empire 5. Manchukuo and the Japanese Empire (1932-1940)- Deploying Avian Imperialism in the Media, Military, and Scientific Expeditions 6. Wartime Tokyo and Defeat (1937-1945)-Mobilizing Imperial Japan's Ornithologists and Birds for the War Effort 7. Tokyo under the Allied Occupation (1945-1952)-Yankees with a Mission amongst Threadbare Aristocrats 8. Tokyo and the US (1940s-1970s)-Cold War Ornithological Collaborations between Japanese and American Scientists Conclusion. Tokyo and Cambridge, UK (1950s-1970s)-Fledging Global Conservation Policies Bibliography Index
Topic
Asia / Japan, Natural History, Modern / 20th Century
Dewey Decimal
590.92252
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Science, History
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