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The Kuroshio frontier : empire and environment in the making of Japan's Pacific /

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"This big-picture narrative of modern Japan embeds the archipelago's history in its maritime context. Foregrounding the Kuroshio current in the Pacific, Jonas Rüegg demonstrates how currents, winds, and animals created a dynamic context to the modern reinventions of Japan. This title is al...

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Main Author: Rüegg, Jonas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Series:Cambridge oceanic histories.
Subjects:
Ocean and civilization.
Japan > Historical geography.
Japan > Civilization > 1600-1868.
Japan > Territorial expansion > History.
Kuroshio
Mer et civilisation.
Japon > Civilisation > 1600-1868.
Japon > Expansion territoriale > Histoire.
Kuroshio.

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