Waste : consuming postwar Japan /

Waste : consuming postwar Japan /

"A history of the many and changing ideas of waste in Japan from the mid-1940s to the present"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press,
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Waste minimization > Japan > History.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Japan > Economic conditions > 1945-
Japan > Social conditions > 1945-
Related Items:Online version: Waste
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : meaning and value in the everyday
  • Imperatives of waste
  • Better living through consumption
  • Wars against waste
  • A bright stinginess
  • Consuming desires
  • Living the good life?
  • Battling the time thieves
  • Greening consciousness
  • We are all waste conscious now
  • Sorting things out
  • Afterword : waste and well-being.

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