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Tupperware

The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America

by Alison J. Clarke

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      Tupperware has become a prevailing symbol of late 20th-century consumer culture. 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.

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      • Media: Hardcover Book, 241 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Smithsonian Books
      • Edition: Unknown
      • ISBN-10: 1560988274
      • Publication Date: Unknown
      • ISBN-13: 9781560988274
      • Dimensions: 6.30 x 9.34 x 0.93 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.19 lbs
      • Categories: 1950S United States History General Popular Culture Social Science

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