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008 061019t20072007dcu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006034859
020 $a0309102367 (hardcover)
020 $a9780309102360 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm74029345
035 $a(OCoLC)74029345
035 $a(NNC)6168524
035 $a6168524
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aTS1045$b.K36 2007
082 00 $a675/.4$222
100 1 $aKanigel, Robert.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85374151
245 10 $aFaux real :$bgenuine leather and 200 years of inspired fakes /$cRobert Kanigel.
246 3 $aFauxReal
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bJoseph Henry Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $avii, 288 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 250-273) and index.
520 1 $a"Over the centuries, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake things seem real. As early as the 14th century, fabric was treated with special oils to make it resemble leather. In the 1870s came Leatherette, a new bookbinding material. The 20th century gave us Fabrikoid, Naugahyde, Corfam, and Ultrasuede. Each claims to transcend leather's limitations, to do better than nature itself - or at least to convince consumers that it has." "Perhaps more than any other natural material, leather stands for the authentic and the genuine; GENUINELEATHER, like a single German word, is how we think of it. Its animal roots etched in its pores and in the swirls of its grain, leather serves as cultural shorthand for the virtues of the real over the synthetic, the original over the copy, the luxurious over the shoddy and second-rate." "From formica, vinyl siding, and particle board to cubic zirconium, knockoff designer bags, and genetically altered food, inspired fakes of every description fly the polyester pennant of a brave new man-made world. Each represents an often passionate journey of scientific, technical, and entrepreneurial innovation. Faux Real explores this borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the authentic and the imitative."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLeather, Artificial.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075577
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034859.html
852 00 $boff,sci$hTS1045$i.K36 2007