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The Artificial Silk Girl

Author : Irmgard Keun
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590514548
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Artificial Silk Girl written by Irmgard Keun and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1931, a young woman writer living in Germany was inspired by Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to describe pre-war Berlin and the age of cinematic glamour through the eyes of a woman. The resulting novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, became an acclaimed bestseller and a masterwork of German literature, in the tradition of Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera. Like Isherwood and Brecht, Keun revealed the dark underside of Berlin's "golden twenties" with empathy and honesty. Unfortunately, a Nazi censorship board banned Keun's work in 1933 and destroyed all existing copies of The Artificial Silk Girl. Only one English translation was published, in Great Britain, before the book disappeared in the chaos of the ensuing war. Today, more than seven decades later, the story of this quintessential "material girl" remains as relevant as ever, as an accessible new translation brings this lost classic to light once more. Other Press is pleased to announce the republication of The Artificial Silk Girl, elegantly translated by noted Germanist Kathie von Ankum, and with a new introduction by Harvard professor Maria Tatar.

Fake Silk

Author : Paul David Blanc
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300204663
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Fake Silk written by Paul David Blanc and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of "fake silk," or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current "greenwashing" of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.

Gilgi

Author : Irmgard Keun
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612192777
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Gilgi written by Irmgard Keun and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stirring, never-before-translated story of a single, pregnant, and wickedly nervy young secretary making her way through a Germany succumbing to the Nazis. Irmgard Keun's first novel Gilgi was an overnight sensation upon its initial publication in Germany, selling thousands of copies, inspiring numerous imitators, and making Keun a household name—a reputation that was only heightened when, a few years later, the nervy Keun sued the Gestapo for blocking her royalties. The story of a young woman trying to establish her independence in a society being overtaken by fascism, Gilgi was not only a brave story, but revolutionary in its depiction of women's issues, at the same time that it was, simply, an absorbing and stirring tale of a dauntless spirit. Gilgi is a secretary in a hosiery firm, but she doesn't intend to stay there for long: she's disciplined and ambitious, taking language classes, saving up money to go abroad, and carefully avoiding both the pawing of her boss and any other prolonged romantic entanglements. But then she falls in love with Martin, a charming drifter, and leaves her job for domestic bliss—which turns out not to be all that blissful-- and Gilgi finds herself pregnant and facing a number of moral dilemmas. Revolutionary at the time for its treatment of sexual harassment, abortion, single motherhood, and the "New Woman," Gilgi remains a perceptive and beautifully constructed novel about one woman's path to maturity. It is presented here in its first-ever translation into English.

Fake Silk

Author : Paul David Blanc
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224885
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Fake Silk written by Paul David Blanc and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of “fake silk,” or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current “greenwashing” of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.

Silk

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Silk written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Silk and Manufactures of Silk

Author : United States Tariff Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Silk and Manufactures of Silk written by United States Tariff Commission and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Present Day Nippon

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Present Day Nippon written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fibre & Fabric

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Fibre & Fabric written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

I & EC

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book I & EC written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Summary of Tariff Information, 1921, Relative to the Bill H. R. 7456

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1774 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Summary of Tariff Information, 1921, Relative to the Bill H. R. 7456 written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Synopsis of Sundry Decisions of the Treasury Department on the Construction of the Tariff, Navigation, and Other Acts, for the Year Ending ...

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Author : United States. Dept. of the Treasury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Synopsis of Sundry Decisions of the Treasury Department on the Construction of the Tariff, Navigation, and Other Acts, for the Year Ending ... written by United States. Dept. of the Treasury and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1891-1897 include decisions of the United States Board of General Appraisers.

Nitrocellulose Industry

Author : Edward Chauncey Worden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nitrocellulose Industry written by Edward Chauncey Worden and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Textile Colorist

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Textile Colorist written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mounted samples.

House documents

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Consular Reports

Author : United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Consular Reports written by United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Textiles

Author : Paul Henry Nystrom
Publisher : New York : Appleton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Textiles written by Paul Henry Nystrom and published by New York : Appleton. This book was released on 1916 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of the Textile Institute

Author : Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Textile Institute written by Textile Institute (Manchester, England) and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v. 1-8.