Animals and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster – Hardcover-Quality Guarantee

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by
Mayumi Itoh (Author)

Investigates the policy of the Japanese government toward the animals of Fukushima and the voluntary animal rescue work that filled the void left by the government

Offers a dedicated insight into the individual fates of a number of animals in the aftermath of the disaster Illustrates the problem of the conflict between the goals of neoliberalism and those of environmental and animal protection

Author Biography

Mayumi Itoh is a former Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has also taught at Princeton University and Queens College, City University of New York, and has written numerous books, including Globalization of Japan (1998), The Hatoyama Dynasty (2003), Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy (2010), The Making of China’s Peace with Japan (2017), and The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales (forthcoming 2018).

Number of Pages: 246Dimensions: 0.63 x 8.27 x 5.83 INIllustrated: YesPublication Date: April 10, 2018