Beschreibung:
From firewood to coal : deforestation and the development of the silk reeling industry in modern Japan / S. Sugiyama and Izumi Yamada -- The government railways and the procurement of railway sleepers in prewar Japan / Asuka Yamaguchi -- The history of ecological environment : ideas derived from Chinese research / Makoto Ueda -- The problem of air pollution during the industrial revolution : a reconsideration of the enactment of the smoke nuisance abatement act of 1821 / Masahiko Akatsu