Inventor of the Disposable Culture: King Camp Gillette 1855-1932 (Short Lives)

By Tim Dowling

King Camp Gillette's disposable safety razor revolutionized a time-consuming chore and made its creator a very rich man. In this incisive biography, Tim Dowling examines the contradictions at the heart of the razor king, a socialist utopian who fulminated against the evils of capitalism in his radical tracts, while at the same time zealously embracing his role as the father of the disposable economy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057120810X
• ISBN13: 9780571208104
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Short Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 0.3" x 4.5"