Tupperware
the promise of plastic in 1950s America
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Author
Publication
1999 - Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
60,250 words, Guess
Page Count
241 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15507103M
- ISBN-101560988274
- OCLC Control Number41564987
- OCLC Control Number45732872
- OCLC Control Numbertupperwarepromis00clar
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99016972
- Goodreads1462875
- LibraryThing5522
Classifications
- LCCHD9662.C664 T863 1999
Description
"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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