| Description |
xiv, 403 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-380) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : A matter of definition -- Celluloid : from imitation to innovation -- Bakelite : defining an artificial material -- Vision and reality in the plastic age -- An industry takes shape -- Nylon : domesticating a new synthetic -- Growing pains : the conversion to postwar -- Design in plastic : from durable to disposable -- Material doubts and plastic fallout -- Beyond plastic : the culture of synthesis. |
| Subject |
Plastics -- History.
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Plastics. |
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History. |
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Plastics industry and trade -- United States -- History.
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Plastics industry and trade. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
081352234X cloth alkaline paper |
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0813522358 paperback alkaline paper |
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