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Zipper
Door Robert Friedel
| Categorie | Mode, Kostuums & Verzorging |
|---|---|
| Boeknummer | #365439 |
| Titel | Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty |
| Auteur | Friedel, Robert |
| Boektype | Paperback |
| Uitgeverij | New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company |
| Jaar van uitgave | 1996 |
| ISBN10 | 0393313654 |
| ISBN13 | 9780393313659 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Beschrijving | Paperback, some b/w illustrations, 8vo. |
| Samenvatting | The story of the zipper is the triumph of an ingenious novelty over the practical world. It is almost impossible to imagine modern life without this device; yet for the first thirty years or so, from its patent in the late nineteenth century, it represented no real advantage over traditional fasteners like the hook-and-eye or the old-fashioned button. The zipper was mechanically awkward, liable to rust, liable to fail (i. e., snag or burst open), and so expensive that it doubled the retail price of a skirt or a pair of pants. But from the beginning the zipper had an allure, a mystery, a kind of sex appeal that would be echoed in songs, poems, and popular novels. Robert Friedel has written a fascinating history—full of strange twists, paradoxes, and interesting characters—of this signature gadget of the twentieth century. Inventor Whitcomb Judson (whose efforts lay mostly in patenting a doomed undertaking known as the Pneumatic Streetcar) gave the zipper life; businessman Colonel Lewis Walker had the capital and the faith to back it for forty years; and cultural icons such as Marlon Brando, Erica Jong, and the Rolling Stones helped to turn it into a symbol for sexuality and style. Not just the story of a distinctive technology, Zipper is an entertaining, informative examination of how new things become part of our daily lives, shaping how we think and act. |
| Pagina's | 288 |
| Conditie | Goed |
| Prijs | € 10,00 |
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