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Waste : Consuming Postwar Japan / Eiko Maruko Siniawer

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press , 2018Description: x , 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501725845
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.72/80952 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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books Books Fayza Aboulnaga Central Library | مكتبة فايزة أبو النجا المركزية بالحرم الجامعي HC465.C6 S745 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C. 1 Available 10012391

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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