"Spans long-standing disciplinary interests in nations and nation-making with emerging concerns in multispecies entanglements. Swanson animates these themes with the stories of historical and contemporary individuals."—C. Anne Claus, author of
Drawing the Sea Near: Satoumi and Coral Reef Conservation in Okinawa"Simply put, it is the best book using the theory and methods of multispecies ethnography that I have read in years."—Eben Kirksey, author of Emergent Ecologies"Swanson suggests that comparison is a powerful world-making practice—molding identities, politics, national imaginaries, and structures of discourse. A marvelous book."—Michael Hathaway, author of Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China"This thoughtful and fascinating book draws us into the co-shaping relationships between salmon, people, and landscapes in Japan. At its heart it is a probing exploration of what it means to "compare well" and a forceful argument that learning to do so is a vital part of crafting flourishing futures in Japan and beyond."—Thom van Dooren, author of A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions