Seeds of Control : University of Washington Press : 9780295747453 : 0295747455 : 23 Jul 2020 : Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905?1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to and ownership of the peninsula's extensive mountains and forests. Under the banner of ?forest love,? the colonial government set out to restructure the rhythms and routines of agrarian life, targeting everything from home heating to food preparation. Timber industrialists, meanwhile, channeled Korea's forest resources into supply chains that grew in tandem with Japan's imperial sphere. These mechanisms of resource control were only fortified after 1937, when the peninsula and its forests were mobilized for total war. In this wide-ranging study David Fedman explores Japanese imperialism through the lens of forest conservation in colonial Korea?a project of environmental rule that outlived the empire itself. Holding up for scrutiny the notion of conservation, Seeds of C