| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 294 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
Brill's Japanese studies library,
0925-6512 ;
volume 68
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Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 68.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Riparian relations in the Kantō Region -- The Kantō Region 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. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
River engineering -- Japan -- History.
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River engineering -- Government policy -- Japan.
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Riparian areas -- Japan -- History.
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Riparian areas -- Management -- Government policy -- Japan.
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Tone River (Japan)
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Yodo River (Japan)
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Japan -- Environmental conditions.
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Ecology |
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Riparian areas |
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River engineering |
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Japan |
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Japan -- Tone River |
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Japan -- Yodo River |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilson, Roderick I. Turbulent streams Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004433014 (DLC) 2021011062 |
| ISBN |
9004438238 electronic book |
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9789004438231 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004433014 hardcover |
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