Fabricating consumers : the sewing machine in modern Japan /

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Since its early days of mass production in the 1850s, the sewing machine has been intricately connected with the global development of capitalism. Andrew Gordon traces the machine's remarkable journey into and throughout Japan, where it not only transformed manners of dress, but also helped cha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gordon, Andrew, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Cailf. : University of California Press, ©2012.
Colección:Asia--local studies/global themes ; 19.
Temas:
Singer Sewing Machine Company > History.
Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
1900-1999
Sewing-machine industry > Japan > History > 20th century.
Sewing machines > Japan > History > 20th century.
Sewing-machine industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Clothing trade > Japan > History > 20th century.
Consumers > Japan > History > 20th century.
Machines à coudre > Industrie > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Machines à coudre > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Machines à coudre > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Clothing trade.
Consumers.
Sewing-machine industry.
Sewing machines.
Nähmaschine
Konsumgesellschaft
Japan.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Singer in Japan. Meiji machines
  • The American way of selling
  • Selling and consuming modern life
  • Resisting Yankee capitalism
  • pt. 2. Sewing modernity in war and peace. War machines at home
  • Mechanical phoenix
  • A nation of dressmakers.

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