| Description |
355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Toward a History of Trashmaking -- Ch. 1. The Stewardship of Objects -- Ch. 2. Any Rags, Any Bones -- Ch. 3. Trash and Reuse Transformed -- Ch. 4. Having and Disposing in the New Consumer Culture -- Ch. 5. Making Do and Buying New in Hard Times -- Ch. 6. Use It Up! Wear It Out! Get in the Scrap! -- Ch. 7. Good Riddance |
| Summary |
"Before the twentieth century, streets and bodies stank, but trash was nearly nonexistent. With goods and money scarce, everything possible was reused."--BOOK JACKET. "In the last hundred years, that way of life has been replaced by mass consumption, disposable goods, and waste on a previously unimaginable scale. Strasser charts the triumph of "disposable" goods - paper cups, toilet paper, packaged food - those signature products of modern life. And she shows how Americans became hooked on convenience, fashion, and constant technological change - as the mountains of garbage rose higher and higher."--BOOK JACKET. "Waste and Want recaptures a hidden part of our social history, vividly illustrating that what counts as trash depends on who's counting, and that what we throw away defines us as much as what we keep."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-338) and index |
| Subject |
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Social aspects.
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Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
99017571 |
| ISBN |
0805065121 paperback |
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0805048308 hardbound alkaline paper |
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