1. Celluloid: from imitation to innovation.
2. Bakelite: defining an artificial material.
3. Vision and reality in the plastic age.
4. An industry takes shape.
5. Nylon: domesticating a new synthetic.
6. Growing pains: the conversion to postwar.
7. Design in plastic: from durable to disposable.
8. Material doubts and plastic fallout.
9. Beyond plastic: the culture of synthesis.