Waste : consuming postwar Japan / Eiko Maruko Siniawer.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca ; Cornell University Press, 2018Description: x, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9781501725845 Pbk., Bp.Subject(s): 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-LOC classification: HC 465.C6 S56 2018 JAPAN
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-387) and index.
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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