# American Plastic

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- Authors: [Laurie Essig](https://www.bookquiver.com/laurie-essig)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2011-11-08

## Description

The story of how credit and cosmetic surgery have created a subprime mortgage crisis of the body. In this provocative book, sociologist Laurie Essig traces the history of plastic surgery, tracks the effect...

## Editions

### American Plastic

- Publisher: beacon_press
- ISBN: 978-08-0700-323-7
- Pages: 248
- Published: 2011-11-08
- Language: en_US