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Encyclopedia of hair : a cultural history
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Encyclopedia of hair : a cultural history

Author: Victoria Sherrow
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Hairstyles and fashion through history.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Victoria Sherrow
ISBN: 0313331456 9780313331459
OCLC Number: 61169697
Description: xxvi, 455 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: Adornment, Ornamental -- Adornment, Symbolic -- Advertising -- Africa -- African Americans -- Afro -- Aging and hair -- Alberto-Culver Company -- Albinism -- Alexandre of Paris -- Allergic reactions -- Alopecia areata -- American Beauty Association -- American Health and Beauty Aids Institute -- Amish -- Animal testing -- Aniston, Jennifer -- Arabia, Ancient through Middle Ages -- Baker, Josephine -- Bald-headed Men of America -- Baldness, Voluntary -- Ball, Lucille -- Bangs -- Bara, Theda -- Barbers -- Battelle, Kenneth -- Beards, Men's -- Begoun, Paula -- Bob, The -- Body hair -- Bouffant -- Bow, Clara -- Breck Girl -- Brummell, Beau -- Burma Shave -- Buzz cut -- Byzantine Empire -- Celts, Ancient -- Charm schools -- China -- Clairol -- Comb -- Comb, Decorative -- Coming of age -- Competitions -- Cornrows -- Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, The -- Cosmetic Executive Women -- Crew cut -- Dandruff -- Dermatology -- Dessange, Jacques -- Dial Corporation -- Diana, Princess of Wales -- Dredlocks -- Eber, Jose -- Egypt, Ancient -- Elizabethan era -- Elizabeth I -- Eyebrows -- Eyelashes -- Factor, Max -- False beard -- Fawcett, Farrah -- Feathered hairstyle -- Fekkai, Frédéric -- Flappers -- Folliculitis -- Fontange -- Fragrance -- French Revolution -- Gibson Girl -- Gillette Company -- Greece, Ancient -- Hair (the musical) -- Hair analysis -- Hair art -- Hair color -- Hair colorants -- Hairdressing -- Hair dryers -- Hair jewelry -- Hair loss -- Hair net -- Hairpin -- Hair removal -- Hairspray -- Hairspray -- Hair straightening -- Hairstyles, Twentieth-century -- Hair transplant -- Hair weave -- Hamil, Dorothy -- Harlow, Jean -- Harper, Martha Matilda -- Headgear -- Henkel Group -- Henna -- Hepburn, Audrey -- Hershberger, Sally -- Hippies -- Hirsuitism -- Hypertrichosis -- India -- Japan -- John Frieda Professional Hair Care, Inc. -- John Paul Mitchell Systems -- Johnson, George Ellis -- Johnson Products -- Joyner, Marjorie Stewart -- Kazan, Michel -- Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier -- Kohl -- Lady Godiva -- Lake, Veronica -- Latin America, Ancient times to 1500s -- Laws and regulations -- Lice, Head -- Lice, Pubic -- Literature -- Locks of Love -- L'Oreal -- Malone, Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope -- Marcel wave -- Masters, George -- Memento -- Mesopotamia -- Michaeljohn -- Middle Ages -- Military -- Monastic styles -- Monroe, Marilyn -- Mourning -- Mustache -- "Mustache Gang" -- Native Americans -- Natural products -- Noda, Alice Sae Teshima -- Normant, Serge -- Nuba -- Occupations -- Ouidad -- Overton, Anthony -- Palmer, Joe -- Parker, Sarah Jessica -- Permanent -- Pickford, Mary -- Pityriasis amiantacea -- Politics and hair -- Pompadour -- Ponytail -- Presley, Elvis Aaron -- Procter & Gamble -- Psoriasis -- Pubic hair -- Punishment -- Punk -- Puritans -- Regency -- Religion and hair -- Renaissance Europe -- Revlon -- Roffler, Edmond O. -- Roman Empire -- Salons, Hair and beauty -- Sassoon, Vidal -- Scalping -- Seborrheic dermatitis -- Shampoo -- Shaving -- Sideburns -- Society of Friends -- Soul patch -- Styling products -- Styling tools -- Superstitions -- Temple, Shirley -- Tinea Capitus -- Title VII -- Tonics, Hair -- Toupee -- Trichology -- Trichophagy -- Tricholtillomania -- Twiggy -- Unibrow -- Unilever -- Valentino, Rudolph -- Victorian era -- Vikings -- Walker, Madam C.J. -- Washington, Sarah Spencer -- Water wave -- Wigs and hairpieces -- World Beard and Moustache Championship -- Worthington, Charles -- Yoruba -- Zotos International, Inc.
Responsibility: Victoria Sherrow.
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Hairstyles and fashion through history.

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