03525nam 22009614a 450 991077886140332120230422041004.00-520-92317-00-585-36813-910.1525/9780520923171(CKB)111004366723960(OCoLC)47008783(CaPaEBR)ebrary2001255(SSID)ssj0000106614(PQKBManifestationID)11990595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106614(PQKBWorkID)10110383(PQKB)10044532(SSID)ssj0000277050(PQKBManifestationID)11221982(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277050(PQKBWorkID)10233264(PQKB)10336275(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055875(MiAaPQ)EBC3038161(DE-B1597)543205(DE-B1597)9780520923171(Au-PeEL)EBL3038161(CaPaEBR)ebr2001255(OCoLC)923701113(OCoLC)1153509857(EXLCZ)9911100436672396019980901d1999 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAssembled in Japan[electronic resource] electrical goods and the making of the Japanese consumer /Simon PartnerReprint 2019Berkeley University of California Pressc19991 online resource (319 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-21792-6 0-520-21939-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.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 --IndexThis 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.Electronic industriesJapanConsumersJapan20th century japanese culture.20th century japanese history.american occupation.asian economics.asian history.business leadership.consumer culture.consumerism.cultural studies.electrical goods.export government policy.industrial economics.japan.japanese consumer.japanese electronics industry.mass consumer society.matsushita.ministry of international trade and industry.social change.sony.study of the east asian institute columbia university series.toshiba.Electronic industriesConsumers338.4/7621381/0952Partner Simon985847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778861403321Assembled in Japan3715262UNINA