Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy: The Silent Victims of World War IIThis book examines Japanese wartime zoo policy during World War II, analyzing the reasons why the Home Ministry destroyed more than 300 showpiece animals throughout Japan well before U.S. air strikes were anticipated, with international comparisons of the effects of the war on zoos in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. |
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Contents
Disposal of Dangerous Animals asJapans National Policy | 1 |
Creation ofModern Zoos and Militarism in Japan | 15 |
3 Zoos in Eastern Japan and World War II | 37 |
4 Zoos in Western Japan and World War II | 57 |
5 Zoos in Central Japan and World War II | 77 |
7 Zoos in Europe and World War II | 121 |
9 Zoos in Japan in the Early Postwar Years | 161 |
Assessment of Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy | 185 |
Notes | 207 |
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| Title | Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy: The Silent Victims of World War II |
| Author | M. Itoh |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0230117449, 9780230117440 |
| Length | 245 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / General Political Science / History & Theory Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration Political Science / Public Policy / Cultural Policy Political Science / Public Policy / General Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Social Science / General Social Science / Regional Studies Social Science / Sociology / General |
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