| Our Land Was a Forest: An Ainu Memoir Contributor(s): Kayano Shigeru (Author), Selden, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367317125 ISBN-13: 9780367317126 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | World - Asian |
| Dewey: 952.4 |
| Lexile Measure: 1180 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.70 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author's own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicle |