The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Beauty Imagined

Paperback • 2011 • English

Beauty Imagined

By Geoffrey Jones

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

The 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, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, 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 b...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780199639625

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Beauty Imagined

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Istanbul Appearances Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey

Istanbul Appearances Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey

Claudia Liebelt

The beauty of time travel

The beauty of time travel

Gestalten null

Digital Makeover How L'Oreal Put People First to Build a Beauty Tech Powerhouse

Digital Makeover How L'Oreal Put People First to Build a Beauty Tech Powerhouse

Béatrice Collin

Visual Culture

Visual Culture

Alexis L. Boylan

The new fashion rules

The new fashion rules

Saving Beauty

Saving Beauty

Byung-Chul Han

War Paint

War Paint

Lindy Woodhead

20th-Century Fashion. 100 Years of Apparel Ads

20th-Century Fashion. 100 Years of Apparel Ads

Alison A. Nieder

The Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth

Naomi Wolf

Why Fashion Matters

Why Fashion Matters

Frances Corner

Fashion that changed the world

Fashion that changed the world

Make-Up Manual

Make-Up Manual

Pat Henshaw

The Art of Shopping: How We Shop and Why We Buy

The Art of Shopping: How We Shop and Why We Buy

Siemon Scamell-Katz

Makeup Your Mind

Makeup Your Mind

Francois Nars

Big Brand Theory

Big Brand Theory

Sandu Publishing

Pretty Modern

Pretty Modern

Alexander Edmonds

How to be Adored

How to be Adored

Caroline Cox

The Anatomy of Fashion

The Anatomy of Fashion

Susan J. Vincent

Fashionista A Century of Style Icons

Fashionista A Century of Style Icons

Simone Werle

Style A to Zoe

Style A to Zoe

Reinvent Yourself with Color Me Beautiful

Reinvent Yourself with Color Me Beautiful

JoAnne Richmond

Makeup

Makeup

Rae Morris

Beautiful Things In Popular Culture

Beautiful Things In Popular Culture

Alan McKee

Global Culture Industry

Global Culture Industry

Scott Lash

Brands

Brands

Marcel Danesi

Hidden Underneath A History of Lingerie

Hidden Underneath A History of Lingerie

Farid Chenoune

The Substance of Style How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness

The Substance of Style How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness

Virginia Postrel

The History of Hair

The History of Hair

Robin Bryer

The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf

The Metaphysics of Beauty

The Metaphysics of Beauty

Nick Zangwill

Fashion and Its Social Agendas

Fashion and Its Social Agendas

Diana Crane

Survival of the Prettiest The Science of Beauty

Survival of the Prettiest The Science of Beauty

Nancy Etcoff

Face forward

Face forward

Kevyn Aucoin

Icons of Fashion The 20th Century

Icons of Fashion The 20th Century

Andrea Affaticati

Twentieth Century Design

Twentieth Century Design

Jonathan M. Woodham

The Power of Beauty

The Power of Beauty

Nancy Friday

Vogue

Vogue

Deborah Hutton

Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present

Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present

Monroe C.

Beauty in Arabic Culture (Princeton Series on the Middle East)

Beauty in Arabic Culture (Princeton Series on the Middle East)

Doris Behrens-Abouseif