Title Turbulent streams : an environmental history of Japan's rivers, 1600-1930 / by Roderick I. Wilson

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 294 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; volume 68 Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 68. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject River engineering -- Japan -- History River engineering -- Government policy -- Japan Riparian areas -- Japan -- History Riparian areas -- Management -- Government policy -- Japan Ecology Riparian areas River engineering SUBJECT Tone River (Japan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135972 Yodo River (Japan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149173 Japan -- Environmental conditions Subject Japan Japan -- Tone River Japan -- Yodo River Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021011063 ISBN 9004438238 9789004438231

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