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Plastic : the Making of a Synthetic Century by Fenichell, Stephen is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Plastic : the Making of a Synthetic Century about?

In The Making of a Synthetic Century, Stephen Fenichell takes a fresh, irreverent look at the substance we all love to hate. The book moves from the early astonishment at such inventions as celluloid film and waterproof clothing; to the nylon-stocking riots after World War II; to the revolutionary, yet practical, proliferation of Tupperware in the '50s. Fenichell's sweeping assessment of the social and economic revolutions brought on by plastic extends from the sublime to the absurd, the beautiful to the mundane, demonstrating how scientists, artists, politicians, and the buying public have all molded, and also been molded by, plastic.

Author

Fenichell, Stephen

Publisher

HarperBusiness, a division of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780887308628

Subjects

Engineering, Economics, Technology