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Fabricating Consumers

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520267850
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Fabricating Consumers written by Andrew Gordon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.

The Wages of Affluence

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674037816
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book The Wages of Affluence written by Andrew Gordon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Gordon goes to the core of the Japanese enterprise system, the workplace, and reveals a complex history of contest and confrontation. The Japanese model produced a dynamic economy which owed as much to coercion as to happy consensus. Managerial hegemony was achieved only after a bitter struggle that undermined the democratic potential of postwar society. The book draws on examples across Japanese industry, but focuses in depth on iron and steel. This industry was at the center of the country's economic recovery and high-speed growth, a primary site of corporate managerial strategy and important labor union initiatives. Beginning with the Occupation reforms and their influence on the workplace, Gordon traces worker activism and protest in the 1950s and '60s, and how they gave way to management victory in the 1960s and '70s. He shows how working people had to compromise institutions of self-determination in pursuit of economic affluence. He illuminates the Japanese system with frequent references to other capitalist nations whose workplaces assumed very different shape, and looks to Japan's future, rebutting hasty predictions that Japanese industrial relations are about to be dramatically transformed in the American free-market image. Gordon argues that it is more likely that Japan will only modestly adjust the status quo that emerged through the turbulent postwar decades he chronicles here.

Postwar Japan as History

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520074750
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Postwar Japan as History written by Andrew Gordon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-10-20 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As they examine three related themes of postwar history, the authors describe an ongoing historical process marked by unexpected changes, such as Japan's extraordinary economic growth, and unanticipated continuities, such as the endurance of conservative rule. --From publisher's description.

A Modern History of Japan

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195339222
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book A Modern History of Japan written by Andrew Gordon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present, Second Edition, paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of Japanese history. It takes students from the days of the shogunate--the feudal overlordship of the Tokugawa family--through the modernizing revolution launched by midlevel samurai in the late nineteenth century; the adoption of Western hairstyles, clothing, and military organization; and the nation's first experiments with mass democracy after World War I. Author Andrew Gordon offers the finest synthesis to date of Japan's passage through militarism, World War II, the American occupation, and the subsequent economic rollercoaster. The true ingenuity and value of Gordon's approach lies in his close attention to the non-elite layers of society. Here students will see the influence of outside ideas, products, and culture on home life, labor unions, political parties, gender relations, and popular entertainment. The book examines Japan's struggles to define the meaning of its modernization, from villages and urban neighborhoods, to factory floors and middle managers' offices, to the imperial court. Most importantly, it illuminates the interconnectedness of Japanese developments with world history, demonstrating how Japan's historical passage represents a variation of a process experienced by many nations and showing how the Japanese narrative forms one part of the interwoven fabric of modern history. This second edition incorporates increased coverage of both Japan's role within East Asia--particularly with China, Korea, and Manchuria--as well as expanded discussions of cultural and intellectual history. With a sustained focus on setting modern Japan in a comparative and global context, A Modern History of Japan, Second Edition, is ideal for undergraduate courses in modern Japanese history, Japanese politics, Japanese society, or Japanese culture.

Rules of Game

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512321
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Rules of Game written by Andrew Gordon and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland. Although the British fleet was victorious over the Germans, the cost in ships and men was high, and debates have raged within British naval circles ever since about why the Royal Navy was unable to take advantage of the situation. In this book Andrew Gordon focuses on what he calls a fault-line between two incompatible styles of tactical leadership within the Royal Navy and different understandings of the rules of the games.

The Last Grand Master

Author : Andrew Q. Gordon
Publisher : Dreamspinner Press
ISBN 13 : 9781632164506
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book The Last Grand Master written by Andrew Q. Gordon and published by Dreamspinner Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Empire of Dreams

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742555785
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Dreams written by Andrew Gordon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at various science fiction, fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the contemporary filmmakers.

Screen Saviors

Author : Hernán Vera
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461642868
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Screen Saviors written by Hernán Vera and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screen Saviors studies how the self of whites is imagined in Hollywood movies—by white directors featuring white protagonists interacting with people of another color. This collaboration by a sociologist and a film critic, using the new perspective of critical "white studies," offers a bold and sweeping critique of almost a century's worth of American film, from Birth of Nation (1915) through Black Hawk Down (2001). Screen Saviors studies the way in which the social relations that we call "race" are fictionalized and pictured in the movies. It argues that films are part of broader projects that lead us to ignore or deny the nature of the racial divide in which Americans live. Even as the images of racial and ethnic minorities change across the twentieth century, Hollywood keeps portraying the ideal white American self as good-looking, powerful, brave, cordial, kind, firm, and generous: a natural-born leader worthy of the loyalty of those of another color. The book invites readers to conduct their own analyses of films by showing how this can be done in over 50 Hollywood movies. Among these are some films about the Civil War—Birth of a Nation , Gone with the Wind, and Glory; some about white messiahs who rescue people of another color—Stargate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mississippi Burning, Three Kings, and The Matrix; the three versions of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, 1962, and 1984) and interracial romance—Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Forty years of Hollywood fantasies of interracial harmony, from The Defiant Ones and In the Heat of the Night through the Lethal Weapon series and Men in Black are examined. This work in the sociology of knowledge and cultural studies relates the movies of Hollywood to the large political agendas on race relation in the United States. Screen Saviors appeals to the general reader interested in the movies or in race and ethnicity as well as to students of com

Beach Houses

Author : Alastair Gordon
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1568983212
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Beach Houses written by Alastair Gordon and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For clients in the Hamptons, the Jersey shore, and in New England, Andrew Geller built dozens of houses, most of wood, and most on modest budgets. These spirited houses, many shown here for the first time through vintage photos and drawings, still delight today and will inspire anyone interested in beach house living. 85 photos, 25 in color.

Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520080912
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan written by Andrew Gordon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-11-04 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An important study on modern Japanese social history that persuasively articulates quantitative data with well-chosen qualitative texts to tell the story of imperial democracy in Japan. The work shows real intelligence and great originality, and will make its mark on the practice of writing Japanese history."—Harry D. Harootunian, University of Chicago

Temperate Agroforestry Systems

Author : Andrew M Gordon
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 178064485X
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Temperate Agroforestry Systems written by Andrew M Gordon and published by CABI. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic animal production has increased rapidly in recent years to keep up with the increasing consumer demand for organic meats. There are many guidelines and restrictions on what should go into the feedstuffs of organically farmed animals, from which difficulties arise when trying to ensure a well-balanced, nutritious diet without the use of any supplements. The book has been completely updated and revised to address how to formulate organic diets in situations where there is a declining supply of organic feed, as well as the feasibility of utilizing novel feedstuffs and their acceptability by consumers of organic meat products. Including the experiences of producers in relation to appropriate breeds and production systems for forage-based organic production, this book is an important read for researchers and students of organic food animal production, veterinary sciences and food; as well as food industry personnel and organic farmers.

The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan

Author : Andrew Gordon
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN 13 : 9780674271319
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan written by Andrew Gordon and published by Harvard Univ Asia Center. This book was released on 1985 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The century-long process by which a distinct pattern of Japanese labor relations evolved is traced through the often turbulent interactions of workers, managers, and, at times, government bureaucrats and politicians. Gordon argues that it was not until the 1940s and 1950s that something closely akin to the contemporary pattern emerged.

The Lost Book of Nostradamus

Author : Andrew Frew
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979812207
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Book of Nostradamus written by Andrew Frew and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vaticinia Michaelis Nostradami de Futuri Christi Vicarii ad Cesarem Filium D. I. A. Interprete (The Prophecies of Michel Nostradamus on The Future Vicars of Christ to Cesar His Son, As Expounded by Lord Abbot Joachim), or Vaticinia Nostradami (The Prophecies of Nostradamus) for short, is a collection of eighty watercolor images compiled as an illustrated codex. A version of the well-known Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus of the 13th-14th century, it was discovered in 1994 by the Italian journalists Enza Massa and Roberto Pinotti in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma (Central National Library) in Rome, Italy. The document can be found in the library under the title Fondo Vittorio Emanuele 307.

Linked

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338629123
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Linked written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestseller Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever. The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face-not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past. With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the who did it? isn't nearly as important as the why?

A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology

Author : Andrew S. Gordon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107151007
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology written by Andrew S. Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book formalizes commonsense knowledge to enable artificial intelligence to understand and engage with the mental lives of people.

Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain

Author : James Daybell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812248252
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain written by James Daybell and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain leading scholars approach the letter from different disciplinary perspectives to illuminate its workings. Contributors to this volume examine how elements, such as handwriting, seals, ink, and use of space, were vitally significant to how letters communicated.

The Quick And The Dead

Author : Andrew Andrew Hunt Gordon
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004123911
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Quick And The Dead written by Andrew Andrew Hunt Gordon and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-disciplinary approach suggesting that the origin of ancient Egyptian medicine began with the domestication of cattle in Africa and the attempt to control disease. With the sacrifice of these animals, the Egyptians began to understand anatomy and physiology, which they then applied to humans.