Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
Garfield, Simon
ISBN 10: 0393020053 ISBN 13: 9780393020052
Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 2001
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Offers a study of the color mauve--created in 1856 by eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin, who was working on a treatment for malaria in his home laboratory and accidentally discovered what became the most desired shade in fashion and ultimately led to the development of explosives, perfume, photography, and modern medicine.
About the Author: Simon Garfield is the author of several acclaimed books, including The End of the Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. He lives in London.
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