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1. The Peculiar Case Of Okinawan Brazilian Appliance Trade 1910 1940

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   The trade collapsed sharply after 1940. While the onset of the Pacific War is the obvious factor, economic analysis suggests internal obsolescence was imminent. Brazilian manufacturers, having reverse-engineered several simpler appliances, began producing local facsimiles.
   The most significant failure point was the Denki-Hibachi. While the Okinawan version excelled at curing tobacco, the Brazilian-copied versions, lacking the aut…