Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
Strasser, Susan
ISBN 10: 0805048308 ISBN 13: 9780805048308
Published by Metropolitan Books, 1999
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A social history of trash traces America's evolution in just a century from a country that reused everything and lived intimately close to filth, to a nation obsessed with disposability and cleanliness. 12,500 first printing.
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"Strasser retrieves what history discards: the taken-for-granted minutiae of the everyday life of ordinary people." --Naomi Bliven, "The New Yorker"
Strasser retrieves what history discards: the taken-for-granted minutiae of the everyday life of ordinary people. "Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker""
"Strasser retrieves what history discards: the taken-for-granted minutiae of the everyday life of ordinary people." --Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good