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- catalog abstract ""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 "In the last hundred years, that way of life has been replaced by mass consumption, disposable goods, and waste on a previously unimaginable scale.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. "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.".
- catalog contributor b11293965.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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 "In the last hundred years, that way of life has been replaced by mass consumption, disposable goods, and waste on a previously unimaginable scale.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.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-338) and index.".
- catalog description "Toward a History of Trashmaking 3 -- Chapter 1 The Stewardship of Objects 21 -- Chapter 2 Any Rags, Any Bones 69 -- Chapter 3 Trash and Reuse Transformed 111 -- Chapter 4 Having and Disposing in the New Consumer Culture 161 -- Chapter 5 Making Do and Buying New in Hard Times 203 -- Chapter 6 Use It Up! Wear It Out! Get in the Scrap! 229 -- Chapter 7 Good Riddance 265.".
- catalog extent "355 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0805048308 (hardbound : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Metropolitan Books,".
- catalog subject "363.72/8 21".
- catalog subject "HD4482 .S77 1999".
- catalog subject "Recycling (Waste, etc.) Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Refuse and refuse disposal Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Toward a History of Trashmaking 3 -- Chapter 1 The Stewardship of Objects 21 -- Chapter 2 Any Rags, Any Bones 69 -- Chapter 3 Trash and Reuse Transformed 111 -- Chapter 4 Having and Disposing in the New Consumer Culture 161 -- Chapter 5 Making Do and Buying New in Hard Times 203 -- Chapter 6 Use It Up! Wear It Out! Get in the Scrap! 229 -- Chapter 7 Good Riddance 265.".
- catalog title "Waste and want : a social history of trash / Susan Strasser.".
- catalog type "text".