- Title:
- American Plastic: A Cultural History
- Object name(s):
- reference book; culture, society, and politics
- Brief description:
- Meikle, J.L., 1997. American Plastic: A Cultural History. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick & London. This book includes the following chapters: 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. Design in plastic: From durable to disposable - 8. Material doubts and plastic fallout - 9. Beyond plastic: The culture of synthesis - Acknowledgments - Sources - Notes - Index.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; culture, society, and politics
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0255
- Object production date:
- 1997
- Object production organisation:
- Rutgers University Press
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Meikle, Jeffrey L.
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- USA
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/733c8d77-2855-3335-8db1-4914242ee3ac
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/733c8d77-2855-3335-8db1-4914242ee3ac, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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