Inventor of the Disposable Culture

Inventor of the Disposable Culture
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Total Pages : 96
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ISBN-10 : 057120810X
ISBN-13 : 9780571208104
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Book Synopsis Inventor of the Disposable Culture by : Tim Dowling

Download or read book Inventor of the Disposable Culture written by Tim Dowling and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Camp Gillette’s disposable safety razor revolutionized a time-consuming chore and made its creator a very rich man. In this incisive biography, Tim Dowling examines the contradictions at the heart of the razor king, a socialist utopian who fulminated against the evils of capitalism in his radical tracts, while at the same time zealously embracing his role as the father of the disposable economy.


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