Mauve How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

Name: Mauve How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
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ISBN: 9780393323139

ISBN-10: 0393323137

ISBN-13: 9780393323139

Edition: 2002

Authors: Simon Garfield

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Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him. The book will appeal to anyone interested in popular histories of science, society and fashion.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Simon Garfield is the author of several acclaimed books, including "The End of the Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS", winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. He lives in London.




Invention



The Celebrity



Not the Land of Science



Floating in the Air



The Recipe



Hindrance and Synthesis



Mauve Measles



The Terrible Glare



Madder



Poisoning the Clientele



Exploitation



Red Letter Days



Self-destruction



The New Eventuality



Physical Acts



Fingerprints


Author's Note


Acknowledgements


Bibliography


Index