He is author of The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800, The Lost Wolves of Japan, Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan, and the forthcoming A Concise History of Japan, from Cambridge University Press.
Alert to the many forces that threaten our planet’s future, the author - a leading environmental historian in his own right - takes a critical look at the long sweep of the Japanese past. His research and teaching interests include Japanese history, world environmental history, and the history of science and medicine. 'Brett Walker’s A Concise History of Japan is a new national survey geared to the global Anthropocene. Malone Professor of History at Montana State University, Bozeman. Walker is Regents Professor and Michael P. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environmental dimensions of wolf extinction in Japan. He has written three books in addition to two coedited volumes, the most. This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies.īrett L. He teaches courses on environmental history, Japanese history, and world history. Walker explores the role asbestos has played in the construction and, more importantly, the destruction of Japan’s environment, with a focus on the natural and the unnatural disasters of the 3/11 disaster and the later clean up. Wednesday, Decem(Rescheduled from 11/18/14) Professor, Montana State University 3/11, Asbestos, and the Unmaking of Japan’s Modern World