Empire of dogs
Subtitle: canines, Japan, and the making of the modern imperial world
By: Aaron Herald Skabelund
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780801450259
Subjects: Imperialism; Dogs; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The native dog and the colonial dog; title: Civilizing canines, or, domesticating and destroying dogs; title: Fascism's furry friends : the "loyal dog" Hachik and the creation of the "Japanese" dog; title: Dogs of war : mobilizing all creatures great and small; title: A dog's world : the commodification of contemporary dog keeping.