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1 online resource (xxiv, 404 pages) |
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Nature, history, society, 1713-6687 |
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Nature, history, society. 1713-6687
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| Contents |
Foreword : Risk and responsiblity in a waste-full world / Graeme Wynn -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The culture of flishing -- 1. The advantage of a flow of water -- 2. Navigating aquatic priorities -- 3. A source of civic pride -- 4. The water closet revolution -- 5. Municipal evacuation -- 6. Learning to live downstream -- 7. The bacterial assault on local government -- 8. The dilutionary impulse at Chicago -- 9. Separating water from the waterways -- 10. Streams are nature's sewers -- 11. Riparian resurrection -- 12. Governing water -- Conclusion : Water quality and the future of flushing -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- Illustration credits -- Index |
| Summary |
"To most, the flush of a toilet is routine - the way we banish waste and ensure cleanliness. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet Jamie Benidickson's examination of the social and legal history of sewage in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom demonstrates that the uncontroversial reputation of flushing is deceptive. The Culture of Flushing is particularly relevant in a time when community water quality can no longer be taken for granted, as it investigates and clarifies the murky evolution of waste treatment."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-394) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Sewage -- Social aspects -- History
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Sewage -- Law and legislation -- History
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Sanitation -- Social aspects -- History
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Sewage -- history
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Sewage -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Sanitation -- history
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Public Health -- history
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
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Sanitation -- Social aspects
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Sewage -- Law and legislation
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Kanalisation
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Abwasserbeseitigung
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wynn, Graeme
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| ISBN |
9780774855532 |
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0774855533 |
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1282593315 |
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9781282593312 |
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9786612593314 |
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6612593318 |
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