Japan, the sustainable society : the artisanal ethos, ordinary virtues, and everyday life in the age of limits /

"By the late twentieth century, Japan had gained worldwide attention as an economic powerhouse. Having miraculously risen from the ashes of World War II, it was seen by many as a country to be admired if not emulated. But by the early 1990s, that bubble burst in spectacular fashion. The Japanes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lie, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, CA : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Japan.
Développement durable > Japon.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
Economic history
Sustainable development
Japan > Economic conditions > History.
Japon > Conditions économiques > Histoire.
Japan
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Japan as "number one" to the lost decades
  • Growth reconsidered
  • The regime as a concept
  • Ordinary virtues
  • The book of sushi
  • The artisanal ethos in Japan : the larger context
  • The book of bathing
  • Ikigai : reasons for living.

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