About the book
This insightful book explores the intense and ultimately fleeting moment in 1980s America when the future looked Japanese. Would Japan’s remarkable post–World War II economic success enable the East Asian nation to overtake the United States? Or could Japan’s globe-trotting corporations serve as a model for battered U.S. industries, pointing the way to a future of globalized commerce and culture? While popular films and literature recycled old anti-Asian imagery and crafted new ways of imagining the “yellow peril,” and formal U.S.-Japan relations remained locked in a holding pattern of Cold War complacency, a remarkable shift was happening in countless local places throughout the United States: Japanese goods were remaking American consumer life and injecting contemporary globalization into U.S. commerce and culture. What impact did the flood of billions of Japanese things have on the ways Americans produced, consumed, and thought about their place in the world?
From autoworkers to anime fans, Consuming Japan introduces new unorthodox actors into foreign-relations history, demonstrating how the flow of all things Japanese contributed to the globalizing of America in the late twentieth century.
Editions of Consuming Japan
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469634463
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469634470
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469634494
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890849953
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469634487
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890849946
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This insightful book explores the intense and ultimately fleeting moment in 1980s America when the future looked Japanese. Would Japan’s remarkable post–World War II economic success enable the East Asian nation to overtake the United States? Or could Japan’s globe-trotting corporations serve as a model for battered U.S. industries, pointing the way to a future of globalized commerce and culture? While popular films and literature recycled old anti-Asian imagery and crafted new ways of imagining the “yellow peril,” and formal U.S.-Japan relations remained locked in a holding pattern of Cold War complacency, a remarkable shift was happening in countless local places throughout the United States: Japanese goods were remaking American consumer life and injecting contemporary globalization into U.S. commerce and culture. What impact did the flood of billions of Japanese things have on the ways Americans produced, consumed, and thought about their place in the world?
From autoworkers to anime fans, Consuming Japan introduces new unorthodox actors into foreign-relations history, demonstrating how the flow of all things Japanese contributed to the globalizing of America in the late twentieth century.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Consuming Japan about?
This insightful book explores the intense and ultimately fleeting moment in 1980s America when the future looked Japanese. Would Japan’s remarkable post–World War II economic success enable the East Asian nation to overtake the United States? Or could Japan’s globe-trotting corporations serve as a model for battered U.S. industries, pointing the way to a future of globalized commerce and culture? While popular films and literature recycled old anti-Asian imagery and crafted new ways of imagining the “yellow peril,” and formal U.S.-Japan relations remained locked in a holding pattern of Cold War complacency, a remarkable shift was happening in countless local places throughout the United States: Japanese goods were remaking American consumer life and injecting contemporary globalization into U.S. commerce and culture. What impact did the flood of billions of Japanese things have on the ways Americans produced, consumed, and thought about their place in the world?
From autoworkers to anime fans, Consuming Japan introduces new unorthodox actors into foreign-relations history, demonstrating how the flow of all things Japanese contributed to the globalizing of America in the late twentieth century.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Consuming Japan?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of Consuming Japan?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469634463
How long is Consuming Japan and how many pages does it have?
Consuming Japan has 288 page(s)
Is Consuming Japan part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Studies in United States Culture
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Consuming Japan?
Andrew C. McKevitt
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Consuming Japan is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469634463) and paperback(ISBN 9781469634470) and ebook(ISBN 9781469634494) and ebook(ISBN 9798890849953) and ebook(ISBN 9781469634487) and pdf(ISBN 9798890849946)
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