Fabricating Consumers: The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface xi Introduction 1 Part One: Singer in Japan 1. Meiji Machines 13 2. The American Way of Selling 30 3. Selling and Consuming Modern Life 57 4. Resisting Yankee Capitalism 91 Part Two: Sewing Modernity in War and Peace 5. War Machines at Home 119 6. Mechanical Phoenix 151 7. A Nation of Dressmakers 186 Conclusion 215 Appendix: Some Notes on Time-Use Studies 225 Notes 229 Select Bibliography 261 Index 271 ...