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UNINA9910778861403321 |
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Autore |
Partner Simon |
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Titolo |
Assembled in Japan [[electronic resource] ] : electrical goods and the making of the Japanese consumer / / Simon Partner |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92317-0 |
0-585-36813-9 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2019] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic industries - Japan |
Consumers - Japan |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Electrifying Japan -- 2. Reenvisioning Japan -- 3. The Vision of America -- 4. The Technologies of Desire -- 5. Creating the "Bright Life" -- 6. Nimble Fingers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume investigates the rise of the Japanese electronics industry. It discovers that behind the meteoric rise of electrical goods companies was neither the iron hand of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry nor a government-sponsored export-led growth policy. |
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