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950404s1995 njua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
95015187 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
081352234X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0813522358 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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n-us--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TP1117 |
| Item number |
.M45 1995 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
303.483 |
| Edition number |
20 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Preferred name for the person |
Meikle, Jeffrey L., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1949- |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
American plastic : |
| Remainder of title |
a cultural history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jeffrey L. Meikle. |
| 264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Brunswick, New Jersey : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Rutgers University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
[1995]. |
| 264 #4 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c1995. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 403 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some color) ; |
| Dimensions |
27 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-380) and index. |
| 505 ## - CONTENTS |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction : A matter of definition --<br/>Celluloid : from imitation to innovation --<br/>Bakelite : defining an artificial material --<br/>Vision and reality in the plastic age --<br/>An industry takes shape --<br/>Nylon : domesticating a new synthetic --<br/>Growing pains : the conversion to postwar --<br/>Design in plastic : from durable to disposable --<br/>Material doubts and plastic fallout --<br/>Beyond plastic : the culture of synthesis.<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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 environmental doubts and by the plasticity of postmodern existence. Throughout this witty, compelling history of material and metaphor, Meikle raises crucial issues in science and technology, manufacturing and marketing, design and architecture, and American consumer culture. A provocative conclusion suggests that plastic, endlessly malleable in the face of material desire, merges into the immaterial reality of future electronic media. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Plastics |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Plastics industry and trade |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
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History. |
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