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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Publication date
September 1, 2000
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805065121
ISBN-10
0805065121
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$22.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An exploration of the importance of trash in American social history describes the virtual nonexistence of trash before the twentieth century during a time when every scrap had a use and discusses the rise of the culture of disposability and its long-term implications. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
from Metropolitan Books (September 1, 1999)
9780805048308 | details & prices | 355 pages | 6.50 × 10.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Traces the rise of mass consumption over reuse and the accompanying rise in the volume of garbage created
About: Traces the rise of mass consumption over reuse and the accompanying rise in the volume of garbage created
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Henry Holt & Co (September 1, 2000)
9780805065121 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $22.00
About: An exploration of the importance of trash in American social history describes the virtual nonexistence of trash before the twentieth century during a time when every scrap had a use and discusses the rise of the culture of disposability and its long-term implications.
About: An exploration of the importance of trash in American social history describes the virtual nonexistence of trash before the twentieth century during a time when every scrap had a use and discusses the rise of the culture of disposability and its long-term implications.
from Diane Pub Co (February 1, 1999)
9780756774448 | details & prices | 355 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $16.00
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