02696nam 2200577Ia 450 991045707600332120191030193359.01-282-69826-597866126982620-19-157302-7(CKB)2550000000006682(EBL)480661(OCoLC)551681301(SSID)ssj0000335064(PQKBManifestationID)11254843(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335064(PQKBWorkID)10271370(PQKB)11007933(MiAaPQ)EBC480661(Au-PeEL)EBL480661(CaPaEBR)ebr10362197(CaONFJC)MIL269826(EXLCZ)99255000000000668220090903d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeauty imagined[electronic resource] a history of the global beauty industry /Geoffrey JonesOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (427 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-955649-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Plates; Introduction: The Business of Beauty; Part 1 Beauty Imagined; Part 2 Beauty Diffused; Part 3 Beauty Reimagined; Appendix 1: The Global Beauty Market Over Time; Appendix 2: World's Largest Beauty Companies by Revenues, 1929-2008; Appendix 3: Principal Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestments in the Beauty Industry since 1955; Bibliography; IndexThe global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Avon, Coty, Est--eacute--;e Lauder, L'Or--eacute--;al, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us.This book provides the first authoritative history of the global beauty industry from its emergence in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring how today's global giants grew. It shows how successive generations of entrepreneurs built brands which shaped perceptions of beauty, and the business organizations neCosmetics industryHistoryToilet preparations industryElectronic books.Cosmetics industryHistory.Toilet preparations industry.338.76685509Jones Geoffrey1952-116151MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457076003321Beauty imagined2274479UNINA