Beached whales: Examining Japan's rejection of an international norm

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-197

  Hirata, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL IDENTITY; WHALING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 7644231941     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyh025     Document Type: Article

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