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Vision aids in America : a social history of eyewear and sight correction since 1900 / Kerry Segrave.

Title
  1. Vision aids in America : a social history of eyewear and sight correction since 1900 / Kerry Segrave.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.
Author
  1. Segrave, Kerry, 1944-

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Description
  1. v, 212 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "This text examines the marketing and selling of eyewear with attention paid to strategies and the internal structures of the industry and its regulations. This critical examination reveals how a relatively simple and functional item such as corrective eyewear could be transformed through marketing into a fashion accessory and a personal statement"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Optometry > history
  2. History, 21st Century
  3. History, 20th Century
  4. Contact Lenses > history
  5. Eyeglasses > history
  6. Optical trade > United States
  7. Eyeglass frame industry > United States
  8. Ophthalmic lenses > United States
  9. Eyeglasses, Protective > United States
  10. United States
Contents
  1. The years prior to 1900 -- Medical advice, lore and oddities -- Children and the needy -- Fashion and style -- Marketing -- Women -- Image, psychology, experiments -- Statistics -- Optometry laws -- Price-fixing, scams, retailing -- Contact lens -- Sunglasses.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.