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Waste : consuming postwar Japan / Eiko Maruko Siniawer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2018Description: x, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781501725845
  • 9781501725852
  • 9781501725869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7280952 23
LOC classification:
  • HC465.C6 S745 2018
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.
Summary: "A history of the many and changing ideas of waste in Japan from the mid-1940s to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Ayesha Abed Library Ayesha Abed Library 363.7280952 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 3010045813
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First published 2018

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.

"A history of the many and changing ideas of waste in Japan from the mid-1940s to the present"-- Provided by publisher.

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