Inventor of the Disposable Culture: King Camp Gillette 1855-1932

by Tim Dowling

King Camp Gillette’s disposable safety razor revolutionized a time-consuming chore and made its creator a very rich man. In this incisive biography, Tim Dowling examines the contradictions at the heart of the razor king, a socialist utopian who fulminated against the evils of capitalism in his radical tracts, while at the same time zealously embracing his role as the father of the disposable economy.

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Geoff Wedge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Socialists, capitalists, inventors scientists and artists should read about the life of King Camp Gillette because as I discovered through this book he was all of these things. A true visionary of contradictions.

[Ronald Koltnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazingly well researched shot bio of a marketing genius/ utopian dreamer.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting