Siniawer, Eiko Maruko

Waste : consuming postwar Japan / Eiko Maruko Siniawer. - x,398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliography: page 355-387

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"--

978-1-5017-2584-5

2018000993


Basuras y aprovechamiento de basuras--Aspectos sociales--Historia--Japón
Consumo (Economía)--Aspectos sociales--Historia--Japón
Conservación de los recursos naturales --Historia--Japón


Japón--Economic conditions--1945-
Japón--Condiciones sociales--1945-

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