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Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America Paperback - 2001
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- Title Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America
- Author Alison J. Clarke
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Smithsonian Books, USA
- Date February 17, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781560989202 / 1560989203
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.03 x 6.03 x 0.7 in (22.94 x 15.32 x 1.78 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Tupperware Corporation - History, Plastic container industry - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99016972
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.766
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