TY - BOOK AU - Siniawer,Eiko Maruko TI - Waste: consuming postwar Japan SN - 9781501725845 Pbk., Bp. AV - HC 465.C6 S56 2018 JAPAN PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Social aspects KW - Japan KW - History KW - Waste minimization KW - Refuse and refuse disposal KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Social conditions N1 - 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 ER -