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Our Land Was a Forest: An Ainu Memoir (Transitions--Asia and the Pacific)
Our Land Was a Forest An Ainu Memoir - Transitions--Asia and the Pacific
Author: Shigeru Kayano
This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaid, 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 chronic...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780813318806
ISBN-10: 0813318807
Publication Date: 3/1994
Pages: 172
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Publisher: Westview Press
Book Type: Paperback
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