Waste : Consuming Postwar Japan /

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"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: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects.
Economic history.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Waste minimization.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Consumer Behavior.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Dechets > Élimination > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire.
Dechets > Reduction > Japon > Histoire.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Waste minimization > Japan > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Japan.
Japon > Conditions sociales > 1945-
Japon > Conditions economiques > 1945-
Japan > Social conditions > 1945-
Japan > Economic conditions > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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