Empire of dogs : canines, Japan, and the making of the modern imperial world /
Aaron Herald Skabelund.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xv, 267 p.)
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University .
The native dog and the colonial dog -- Civilizing canines, or, domesticating and destroying dogs -- Fascism's furry friends : the "loyal dog" Hachik and the creation of the "Japanese" dog -- Dogs of war : mobilizing all creatures great and small -- A dog's world : the commodification of contemporary dog keeping.