Title Selling beauty : cosmetics, commerce, and French society, 1750-1830 / Morag Martin

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : illustrations Series The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 127th ser., 2 Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 127th ser., 2. Contents The practices of beauty -- A market for beauty -- Advertising beauty -- Maligning beauty -- Domesticating beauty -- Selling natural artifice -- Selling the orient -- Selling masculinity 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Cosmetics industry -- France -- History Cosmetics industry Kosmetikindustrie Cosmetica-industrie. France Frankreich Frankrijk. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008048621 ISBN 9780801898792 080189879X

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