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Soap through the Ages

Soap through the Ages was one of the first series of Unilever Educational Booklets. The booklet gives a survey of the soap industry from its beginning on the shores of the Mediterranean to the 1950s.

Contents
I Early history
II A story of struggle
III The modern age is born
IV Looking to the future

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