{"product_id":"japans-ocean-borderlands-nature-and-sovereignty-hardback-9781108489706","title":"Japan's Ocean Borderlands; Nature and Sovereignty (Hardback) 9781108489706","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJapan's Ocean Borderlands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNature and Sovereignty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA global environmental history of Japan's disputed desert islands since the mid-nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Kreitman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108489706, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 July 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDesert islands are the focus of intense geopolitical tensions in East Asia today, but they are also sites of nature conservation. In this global environmental history, Paul Kreitman shows how the politics of conservation have entangled with the politics of sovereignty since the emergence of the modern Japanese state in the mid-nineteenth century. Using case studies ranging from Hawai'i to the Bonin Islands to the Senkaku (Ch: Diaoyu) Isles to the South China Sea, he explores how bird islands on the distant margins of the Japanese archipelago and beyond transformed from sites of resource extraction to outposts of empire and from wartime battlegrounds to nature reserves. This study examines how interactions between birds, bird products, bureaucrats, speculators, sailors, soldiers, scientists and conservationists shaped ongoing claims to sovereignty over oceanic spaces. It considers what the history of desert islands shows us about imperial and post-imperial power, the web of political, economic and ecological connections between islands and oceans, and about the relationship between sovereignty, territory and environment in the modern world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Naming Conventions\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bonins of Contention: Extraterritorial Empire and Borderland Citizenship in the 19th Century Pacific\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Race to Marcus Island: Commodities and Colonisation in the North Pacific, 1885–1902\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bird and Sovereignty Conservation in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, 1898–1911\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sand Dunes and Soldiers: From Phosphate Mining to National Defence (1902–1939)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Disaster: The Abandonment of Japan's Remote Islands, 1902–1945\u003cbr\u003e 6. Resurrecting the Torishima Albatross: Wild Birds and Sovereignty in Postwar Japan\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Nature of the Senkaku Islands: Biodiversity Conservation in Okinawa, 1945–2013\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Islands and Oceans\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Japanese islands abandoned, 1868-2013\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266374652184,"sku":"9781108489706","price":68.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108489706i_16ad7815-0e70-4fbd-922e-2da8242c12b3.jpg?v=1696706590","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/japans-ocean-borderlands-nature-and-sovereignty-hardback-9781108489706","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}