We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book by Dr Penelope Francks, Honorary Lecturer in Japanese Studies. The book presents Japan's economic history from a 'bottom-up' point of view, based on ordinary life and everyday consumption. It describes Japanese consumption history within a comparative framework and relates it to the rest of the world, then and now. Dr Francks' book is written in an accessible style, with a minimum of statistics (all relegated to an appendix) but plenty of illustrations, examples and descriptions of real people.
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