Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century
by Stephen Fenichell
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In Plastic: 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 and 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, show more the beautiful to the mundane, demonstrating how scientists, artists, politicians, and the buying public have all molded, and also been molded by, plastic. show lessTags
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Stephen Fenichell lives in New York.
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