The Green Archipelago : Forestry in Pre-Industrial Japan

Show other versions (1)

The Japanese are conscious of the lush green of their homeland, which they refer to as 'the green archipelago'. This work states that this lush verdue is not a monument to nature's benevolence and Japanese aesthetic sensibilities, but the hard-earned result of generations of human toi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Totman, Conrad D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1989.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Forests and forestry.
Forest policy.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
Politique forestiere > Japon.
Forest policy > Japan.
Forests and forestry > Japan.
Japan.
Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1868.
Japan > History > To 1868.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:The Japanese are conscious of the lush green of their homeland, which they refer to as 'the green archipelago'. This work states that this lush verdue is not a monument to nature's benevolence and Japanese aesthetic sensibilities, but the hard-earned result of generations of human toil that converted the archipelago into one great forest preserve.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780520908765

Similar Items