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Author Mettler, Meghan Warner, author.

Title How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965 / Meghan Warner Mettler.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in Pacific worlds
Studies in Pacific worlds.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Humble Leaders of the Free World; 2. Samurai at the Sure Seaters; 3. Friendship through Flowers; 4. How to Be American with Shibui Things; 5. Satori in America; 6. Zen Goes "Boom"; 7. Japan for the Rest of Us; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Meghan Warner Mettler; Series List.
Summary "A study of the shibui phenomenon, in which American middle-class consumers embraced Japanese culture as familiar, yet exotic, in the two decades following the end of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Popular culture -- Japan.
Popular culture.
Japan.
Popular culture -- United States -- Japanese influences.
United States.
United States -- Japanese influences.
Japan -- Civilization -- 1945-
Civilization.
Chronological Term 1945-
Subject Japan -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Chronological Term Since 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mettler, Meghan Warner. How to Reach Japan by Subway. Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, 2018 080329963X 9780803299634 (OCoLC)1009183692
ISBN 9781496206862 (electronic book)
149620686X (electronic book)
9781496206886 (electronic book)
1496206886 (electronic book)
9780803299634 (hardcover)
080329963X (hardcover)