American Plastic

"(Meikle) traces the course of plastics from 19th-century celluloid and the first wholly synthetic bakelite, in 1907, through the proliferation of compounds (vinyls, acrylics, nylon, etc.) and recent ecological concerns".--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Winner of the 1996 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology and a 1996 CHOICE Oustanding Academic Book. 70 illustrations.

List of Illustrations

ix

Preface

xiii

Introduction: A Matter of Definition

1

(9)

Celluloid: From Imitation to Innovation

10

(21)

Bakelite: Defining an Artificial Material

31

(32)

Vision and Reality in the Plastic Age

63

(28)

An Industry Takes Shape

91

(34)

Nylon: Domesticating a New Synthetic

125

(28)

Growing Pains: The Conversion to Postwar

153

(30)

Design in Plastic: From Durable to Disposable

183

(59)

Material Doubts and Plastic Fallout

242

(35)

Beyond Plastic: The Culture of Synthesis

277

(26)

Acknowledgments

303

(4)

Sources

307

(2)

Notes

309

(72)

Index

381

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