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TupperwareAlison J. Clarke
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Tupperware

241 pagesFirst published 19993 editions
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"Alison J. Clarke shows how the "party plan" direct sales system, by creating a corporate culture based on women's domestic lives, played a greater role than patented seals and streamlined design in the success of Tupperware. Drawing from newly available records and interviews, Clarke describes how Tupperware Home Parties, Inc., reinforced a conservative ideal while undercutting that ideal by offering women economic independence through a flexible, home-based form of employment.". "Tracing the fortunes of Earl Tupper's polyethylene containers from early design to global distribution, the…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionSmithsonian Institution Press19992419781560988274
EditionSmithsonian Books1999—9781560989127
PaperbackDiane Pub Co19992419780756767129
Tupperware (Firm)Plastic tablewareTupperware Home PartiesPlastic container industryTableware industryHistoryTupperware CorporationHistory, miscellanea