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Introduction: Japan's Biodiversity Boondoggle -- Wildlife in Pre-Meiji Culture -- The Bear Hunter Abides: Material Spirituality in Traditional Japanese Hunting -- Beneficial and Useful: Early Zoology and Its Applications -- Hunting, Gun Culture, and Wildlife Use -- Uses of the Useless: The Japanese Wolf as Human Invention -- Parks, Monuments, and Wild Birds: Early Experiments in Conservation -- Later Conservation: The Allied Occupation and Its Legacy -- Animal Welfare (Dōbutsu aigo): Paradoxical Paradigm for Wildlife Conservation -- Conservation in Confinement: Japan's Captive Wildlife Industry -- Aigo and Wildlife Conservation: An Edifice of Non-Change -- Appendix: Japanese Wildlife Currently Listed as Extinct, Critically Endangered, or Endangered.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
BrecherW. Puck: W. Puck Brecher is professor of Japanese history, Washington State University.W. Puck Brecher is professor of Japanese history, Washington State University.