Fabricating Consumers: The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan by Andrew Gordon (Engl

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Fabricating Consumers by Andrew Gordon Since its early days of mass production in the 1850s, the sewing machine has been intricately connected with the global development of capitalism. This title traces the machines journey into and throughout Japan, where it not only transformed manners of dress, but also helped change patterns of daily life, class structure, and the role of women. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Since its early days of mass production in the 1850s, the sewing machine has been intricately connected with the global development of capitalism. Andrew Gordon traces the machines remarkable journey into and throughout Japan, where it not only transformed manners of dress, but also helped change patterns of daily life, class structure, and the role of women. As he explores the selling, buying, and use of the sewing machine in the early to mid-twentieth century, Gordon finds that its history is a lens through which we can examine the modern transformation of daily life in Japan. Both as a tool of production and as an object of consumer desire, the sewing machine is entwined with the emergence and ascendance of the middle class, of the female consumer, and of the professional home manager as defining elements of Japanese modernity. Author Biography Andrew Gordon is Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History at Harvard University. His previous books include Labor and Imperial Democracy in Japan (UC Press) and A Modern History of Japan. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Part One: Singer in Japan 1. Meiji Machines 2. The American Way of Selling 3. Selling and Consuming Modern Life 4. Resisting Yankee Capitalism Part Two: Sewing Modernity in War and Peace 5. War Machines at Home 6. Mechanical Phoenix 7. A Nation of Dressmakers Conclusion Appendix: Some Notes on Time-Use Studies Notes Select Bibliography Index Review "The book will excite readers interested in material culture, gender and socioeconomic change... A brilliant portrait of modernizing Japan." -- M. William Steele/International Christian University Social Science Japan Jrnl "Gordon asks questions and draws connections that less ambitious studies of business or society alone cannot achieve ... [he] reinvigorates the history of the sewing machine and suggests that there is much more to learn about this extremely significant piece of household technology." -- Anna Johns H-Net Review Quote "The book will excite readers interested in material culture, gender and socioeconomic change. . . . A brilliant portrait of modernizing Japan."-- Social Science Japan Jrnl Details ISBN0520267850 Author Andrew Gordon Short Title FABRICATING CONSUMERS Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520267850 ISBN-13 9780520267855 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2011 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Berkerley Pages 304 Series Number 19 Series Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Illustrations 35 b-w photographs, 1 table UK Release Date 2011-11-01 Publication Date 2011-11-01 AU Release Date 2011-11-01 NZ Release Date 2011-11-01 US Release Date 2011-11-01 DEWEY 338.764620440952 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161742663;

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