Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan: A History of Knowledge and Action Toward Sustainability

by Ken Wilkening

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan is a pioneering work in environmental and Asian history as well as an in-depth analysis of the influence of science on domestic and international environmental politics. Kenneth Wilkening's study also illuminates the global struggle to create sustainable societies.

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended Japan's era of isolation- created self-sufficiency and sustainability. The opening of the country...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262731665
• ISBN13: 9780262731669
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher