CONTENTS
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Preface = xi
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 Str○th = 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
Index = 252
