Fabricating Consumers: The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan Volume 19
(Part of the Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Series)
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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 machine's 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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520267850
ISBN13:9780520267855
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.26 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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