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Waste : consuming postwar Japan

By Eiko Maruko Siniawer

Book information

Year
2019
ISBN
9781501725852, 1501725858
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12327191 bytes)
Series
Cornell scholarship online
Pages
\411
Time added
2021-02-27 16:32:27

Description

Waste Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Meaning and Value in the Everyday Part I Re-Civilization and Re-Enlightenment: Transitions of the Early Postwar Period, 1945–1971 1. The Imperatives of Waste 2. Better Living through Consumption Part II Shocks, Shifts, and Safeguards: Defending Middle-Class Lifestyles, 1971–1981 3. Wars against Waste 4. A Bright Stinginess Part III Abundant Dualities: Wealth and Its Discontents in the 1980s and Beyond 5. Consuming Desires 6. Living the Good Life? 7. Battling the Time Thieves Part IV Affluence of the Heart: Identities and Values in the Slow-Growth Era, 1991–Present 8. Greening Consciousness 9. We Are All Waste Conscious Now 10. Sorting Things Out Afterword: Waste and Well-Being Notes Bibliography Index

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