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Japan Transformed
Political Change and Economic Restructuring
2010 || Paperback || Frances Rosenbluth e.a. || Princeton University Press
With little domestic fanfare and even less attention internationally, Japan has been reinventing itself since the 1990s, dramatically changing its political economy, from one managed by regulations to one with a neoliberal orientation. Rebuilding from the economic misfortunes of its recent past, the country retains a formidable economy and its political system is healthier than at any time in its history. Japan Transformed explores the historical, political, and economic forces that led to th...
Porcelain
A History from the Heart of Europe
2024 || Paperback || Suzanne L. Marchand || Princeton University Press
A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present
The Mushroom at the End of the World / 1st edition
On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
2023 || Paperback || Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing || Princeton University Press
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planetMatsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices.
In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a cru...