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The Green Archipelago : Forestry in Pre-Industrial Japan

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...

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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.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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