American plastic: a cultural history

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.