-- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE. SINGER IN JAPAN -- PART TWO. Sewing Modernity in War and Peace -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Since its early days of mass production in the 1850s, the sewing machine has been intricately connected with the global development of capitalism. Gordon traces the machine's journey into and throughout Japan, where it not only transformed manners of dress, but also reshaped patterns of daily life, and much more
