Historical Study on Nature Conservation Ideas and Movements in Prewar Japan.

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20500877
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Keisen University
• Principal Investigator: SHINODA Mariko Keisen University, 人間社会学部, 准教授 (80409812)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 科学史 / 社会史 / 自然保護思想 / 自然保護運動 / 戦前期日本 / ナショナリズム / 市民による調査 / 天然記念物

Research Abstract

I study history of nature conservation ideas and movements in prewar Japan, in socio-historical context. Sometimes nature conservation movement in this period is thought that it rested upon intellectuals, and connected with nationalism. But in fact, such movement was rested upon citizens and laymen. Their ideas of nature conservation transcended nationalism. They resisted to some big development project carried out as national policy.