Assembled in Japan [[electronic resource] ] : electrical goods and the making of the Japanese consumer / / Simon Partner

• Autore: Partner Simon
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999
• Edizione: Reprint 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/7621381/0952
• Soggetto topico: Electronic industries - Japan; Consumers - Japan
• Soggetto non controllato: 20th 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Assembled in Japan
• ISBN: 0-520-92317-0; 0-585-36813-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778861403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II