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Selling Beauty : Cosmetics, Commerce, and French Society, 1750-1830.
Title:
Selling Beauty : Cosmetics, Commerce, and French Society, 1750-1830.
Author:
Martin, Morag.
ISBN:
9780801898792
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (239 pages)
Series:
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science ; v.127

The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Practices of Beauty: The Creation of a Consumer Market -- 2 A Market for Beauty: The Production of Cosmetics -- 3 Advertising Beauty: The Culture of Publicity -- 4 Maligning Beauty: The Critics Take on Artifice -- 5 Domesticating Beauty: The Medical Supervision of Women's Toilette -- 6 Selling Natural Artifice: Entrepreneurs Redefine the Commerce of Cosmetics -- 7 Selling the Orient: From the Exotic Harem to Napoleon's Colonial Enterprise -- 8 Selling Masculinity: The Commercial Competition over Men's Hair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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