Bibliograph

Waste and want, a social history of trash, Susan Strasser

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Waste and want, a social history of trash, Susan Strasser

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-338) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Waste and want

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

40754248

Responsibility statement

Susan Strasser

Review

"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 "In the last hundred years, that way of life has been replaced by mass consumption, disposable goods, and waste on a previously unimaginable scale.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."--Jacket

Sub title

a social history of trash

Summary

"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."--Jacket

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Creator