American plastic : a cultural history / Jeffrey L. Meikle.
American plastic : a cultural history / Jeffrey L. Meikle.
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1995.
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N303.483/178
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 403 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents
Introduction: A Matter of Definition -- 1. Celluloid: From Imitation to Innovation -- 2. Bakelite: Defining an Artificial Material -- 3. Vision and Reality in the Plastic Age -- 4. An Industry Takes Shape -- 5. Nylon: Domesticating a New Synthetic -- 6. Growing Pains: The Conversion to Postwar -- 7....
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1995.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1995.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Jeffrey Meikle traces Americans' ambivalent involvement with plastic from Bakelite radios and nylon stockings to Tupperware and polyester suits. He moves easily from the rise of the plastics industry to plastic's symbolic hold on style and the popular imagination. Meikle shows how America's enthusiasm for everything plastic has been complicated by...
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Full title
American plastic : a cultural history / Jeffrey L. Meikle.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-380) and index.
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c1995.
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N303.483/178
Record Identifier
74VMlE5kAzwy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMlE5kAzwy
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ISBN
0813522358 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081352234X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813522357 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
303.483
MMS ID
991003381999702626
