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<p>What does "environment" really mean in the complex, non-Western milieu of present-day Tokyo? How can anthropology contribute to the technical discussions and quantitative measures typically found in environmental studies? Author Peter Wynn Kirby explores these questions through a deep cultural analysis of waste in contemporary Japan. His parameters are intentionally broad—encompassing ideas of "nature," attitudes toward hygiene, notions of health and illness, problems with vermin and toxic wa
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kirby, Peter Wynn
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824870515
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, History, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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