| Description |
x, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The evolution of the consumer : meanings, identities, and political synapses before the age of affluence / Frank Trentmann -- The consumers' republic : an American model for the world? / Lizabeth Cohen -- Consuming America, producing Japan / Shunya Yoshimi ; translated by David Buist -- The ambivalence of the new breed : nostalgic consumerism in 1980s and 1990s Japan / Jordan Sand -- Are the Japanese unique? : an analysis of consumption and saving behavior in Japan / Charles Yuji Horioka -- From singer to shinpan : consumer credit in modern Japan / Andrew Gordon -- The transnational promotion of saving in Asia : "Asian values" or the "Japanese model"? / Sheldon Garon -- South Korean consumer nationalism : women, children, credit, and other perils / Laura C. Nelson -- Consumption taxes and the welfare state in Sweden and Japan / Takatsugu Akaishi and Sven Steinmo -- Global trends vs. local traditions : genetically modified foods and contemporary consumerism in the United States, Japan, and Britain / Patricia L. Maclachlan -- Household debt and consumer education in postwar Japan / Takao Nishimura -- Urban Chinese homeowners as citizen-consumers / Deborah S. Davis. |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics)
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Consumption (Economics) -- East Asia.
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East Asia. |
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Consommation (Économie politique) |
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Consommation (Économie politique) -- Extrême-Orient. |
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Consommation (Économie politique) -- Japon. |
| Added Author |
Garon, Sheldon M.
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Maclachlan, Patricia L.
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| ISBN |
080144487X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780801444876 cloth alkaline paper |
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0801473020 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780801473029 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780801444876 |
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9780801473029 |
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