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Selling beauty : cosmetics, commerce, and French society, 1750-1830 / Morag Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Morag.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 127th ser., 2.
- The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 127th ser., 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmetics industry--France--History.
- Cosmetics industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rather than disappearing along with the Old Regime, the commerce of cosmetics, reimagined and redefined, flourished in the early 19th century, as political ideals and Enlightenment philosophies radically altered popular sentiment.
- Contents:
- The practices of beauty
- A market for beauty
- Advertising beauty
- Maligning beauty
- Domesticating beauty
- Selling natural artifice
- Selling the orient
- Selling masculinity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9879-X
- OCLC:
- 647927703
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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