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Beauty pays : why attractive people are more successful / Daniel S. Hamermesh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, NJ ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xii, 216 p. : portraits ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780691140469 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 650.1 HAM  22
LOC classification:
  • HF5386 .H243 2011
Contents:
Background to beauty -- The economics of beauty -- In the eye of the beholder -- Beauty on the job: what and why -- Beauty and the worker -- Beauty in specific occupations -- Beauty and the employer -- Lookism or productive beauty, and why? -- Beauty in love, loans, and law -- Beauty in markets for friends, family, and funds -- Legal protection for the ugly -- The future of looks -- Prospects for the looks-challenged.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books CamTech Library General Collections 650.1 HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 0000002354

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background to beauty -- The economics of beauty -- In the eye of the beholder -- Beauty on the job: what and why -- Beauty and the worker -- Beauty in specific occupations -- Beauty and the employer -- Lookism or productive beauty, and why? -- Beauty in love, loans, and law -- Beauty in markets for friends, family, and funds -- Legal protection for the ugly -- The future of looks -- Prospects for the looks-challenged.

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