Waste : consuming postwar Japan /
Eiko Maruko Siniawer.
- x, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
9781501725845 Pbk., Bp.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History.--Japan Waste minimization--History.--Japan Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects--History.--Japan