Plastics Age From Bakelite to Beanbags and Beyond

Name: Plastics Age From Bakelite to Beanbags and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780879514884

ISBN-10: 0879514884

ISBN-13: 9780879514884

Edition: N/A

Authors: Penny Sparke

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A history of plastic products from the late 19th century to the present, in 15 essays and 150 color and black-and-white photographs, mostly of objects in major museums around the world. The text is basically chronological, exploring such topics as industrial design and commercial art, perceptions of plastic, natural and cultural wood, and pop culture. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Overlook Press, The
Publication date: 1/1/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.386



Introduction: On the Meanings of Plastics in the Twentieth-Century



Plastics Pre-History 1860-1914


Introduction


The Technology of Early Plastics



The First Plastic




Plastics and Modernity 1915-1960


Introduction


Plastics in the American Machine Age 1920-1950



Plastics and the Future



Industrial Design and Commercial Art



Perceptions of Plastics: A Study of Plastics in Britain 1945-1956



The Italian Way to Plastics




Plastics and Post-Modernity 1961-1990


Introduction


Plastics and Pop Culture



Triumph of Software



Plastic



Natural wood, Cultural wood



Objects and their Skin



Plastic Laminate



And of Plastics?



Plastics in the '80s



Conclusion


Bibliography


Picture Credits


Index