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Vision aids in America : a social history of eyewear and sight correction since 1900 / Kerry Segrave.
- Title
- Vision aids in America : a social history of eyewear and sight correction since 1900 / Kerry Segrave.
- Author
- Segrave, Kerry, 1944-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HD9707.U62 S44 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- v, 212 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This text examines the marketing and selling of eyewear with attention paid to strategies and the internal structures of the industry and its regulations. This critical examination reveals how a relatively simple and functional item such as corrective eyewear could be transformed through marketing into a fashion accessory and a personal statement"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The years prior to 1900 -- Medical advice, lore and oddities -- Children and the needy -- Fashion and style -- Marketing -- Women -- Image, psychology, experiments -- Statistics -- Optometry laws -- Price-fixing, scams, retailing -- Contact lens -- Sunglasses.
- ISBN
- 9780786462919 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786462914 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010053464
- 99942834747
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries