The ambivalent consumer : questioning consumption in East Asia and the West / edited by Sheldon Garon and Patricia L. Maclachlan.
| Other author | Garon, Sheldon M. |
| Other author | Maclachlan, Patricia L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006. |
| Description | x, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006007160 |
| ISBN | 080144487X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801444876 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801473020 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801473029 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HB820 .A45 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |