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An edition of Tupperware (1999)

Tupperware

the promise of plastic in 1950s America

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"Alison J. Clarke shows how the "party plan" direct sales system, by creating a corporate culture based on women's domestic lives, played a greater role than patented seals and streamlined design in the success of Tupperware. Drawing from newly available records and interviews, Clarke describes how Tupperware Home Parties, Inc., reinforced a conservative ideal while undercutting that ideal by offering women economic independence through a flexible, home-based form of employment.".

"Tracing the fortunes of Earl Tupper's polyethylene containers from early design to global distribution, the author explains how Tupperware tapped into potent commercial and social forces, becoming a prevailing symbol of late twentieth-century consumer culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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Smithsonian Institution Press
Language
English
Pages
241

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Subjects
Tupperware (Firm), Plastic tableware, Tupperware Home Parties, Plastic container industry, Tableware industry, History, Tupperware Corporation, History, miscellanea, Home economics, history, Histoire, Emballages en plastique, Industrie, Vaisselle, Vaisselle en plastique, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Industries, General, Geschichte, Tupperware, Verkaufstechnik, Synthetische polymeren, Huishoudelijke artikelen, Vente par réunion, Emballages en matières plastiques, Industrie et commerce, Récipients, Tupperware (Firme)
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Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America
1999, Smithsonian Books
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Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America
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1999, Smithsonian Institution Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-234) and index.

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Washington, DC

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Library of Congress
HD9662.C664 T863 1999, HD9662.C664T863 1999, HD9662.C664 T863 1999eb

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Pagination
x, 241 p. :
Number of pages
241

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OL15507103M
Internet Archive
tupperwarepromis00clar
ISBN 10
1560988274
LCCN
99016972
OCLC/WorldCat
41564987, 45732872
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5522
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1462875

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