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From austerity to affluence : the transformation of the socio-economic structure of Western Europe and Japan / edited by Richard T. Griffiths and Toshiaki Tachibanaki.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- Europe, Western--Economic conditions.
- Europe, Western.
- Western Europe.
- Economic conditions.
- Europe, Western--Social conditions.
- Japan--Economic conditions.
- Japan.
- Japan--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 262 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Within twenty years of an outburst of frenzied destruction and bestial slaughter, of deprivation, misery and hopelessness, the majority of the population in Western Europe and Japan found themselves suddenly, unprecedently rich. How this happened and how it was experienced if the subject of this book.
- Contents:
- 1 From Austerity to Affluence: the Turning-Point in Modern Societies / Richard T. Griffiths, Toshiaki Tachibanaki 1
- 2 Growing Together? The Internationalisation of the West European Economy, 1950-71 / Johnny Laursen 25
- 3 Internationalisation and Economic Development: the Case of Japan / Kazumasa Iwata 41
- 4 Economic Growth and Overfull Employment in Western Europe / Richard T. Griffiths 60
- 5 From Rapid Growth to the End of Full Employment in Japan: 1945-70 / Takenori Inoki 82
- 6 A New Sensibility? Affluence, Disposable Income and Politics of Private Consumption, 1955-75 / Brian Girvin 99
- 7 Postwar Private Consumption Patterns of Japanese Households: the Role of Consumer Durables / Atsushi Maki 120
- 8 The Affluence of Social Democracy in Western Europe (1958-69) / Frederico Romero 138
- 9 The Realisation of Affluence and Stability through the Shifting Political Climate: a Comparison of Postwar Japan and West Germany / Hideo Otake 153
- 10 The Politics of Collective Consumption in Western Europe / Bo Strath 173
- 11 Japan Was Not A Welfare State, But... / Toshiaki Tachibanaki 188
- 12 The Transformation of the European Countryside / Wendy Asbeek Brusse 209
- 13 Changes in Rural Society in Japan / Kamon Nitagai 236.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0312232284
- OCLC:
- 42771776
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