Lycra: How a fiber shaped America

Lycra: How A Fiber Shaped America

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-192

  O'Connor, Kaori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203829905     Document Type: Book

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