Publication: Currents and oceanic geographies of Japan’s unending frontier
Currents and oceanic geographies of Japan’s unending frontier
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Rüegg, J. (2021). Currents and oceanic geographies of Japan’s unending frontier. Journal of Pacific History, 56, 296–319. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2021.1945918
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Pacific islands such as Japan are often unduly represented as isolated places. Land-centric biases in fact obscure the ocean’s significance as an ecological connector and a catalyst of historical change. With prolific upwellings, seasonal winds, and fluctuating fishing grounds, the ocean consists of places and depths that attracted human interest at different times. An archipelago awash in nutrient-rich currents, Japan found itself amidst a contested frontier when international whalers in the 1820s ushered in competition over resource
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Rüegg, J. (2021). Currents and oceanic geographies of Japan’s unending frontier. Journal of Pacific History, 56, 296–319. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2021.1945918
