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Rubbish! : the archaeology of garbage / William Rathje and Cullen Murphy ; with a new preface by the authors.
- Title
- Rubbish! : the archaeology of garbage / William Rathje and Cullen Murphy ; with a new preface by the authors.
- Author
- Rathje, William L.
- Publication
- Tucson, AZ : University of Arizona Press, c2001.
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- Additional Authors
- Murphy, Cullen
- Description
- 263 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the past, and it is through their examination of today's garbage that William Rathje and Cullen Murphy inform us of our present. Rubbish! is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage. Rathje and Murphy show what the study of garbage tells us about a population's demographics and buying habits. Along the way, they dispel the common myths about our "garbage crisis"--about fast-food packaging and disposable diapers, about biodegradable garbage and the acceleration of the average family's garbage output. They also suggest methods for dealing with the garbage we do have.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Note
- Originally published: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c1992.
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part I An Introduction to the Garbage Project -- Part II The Landfill Excavations -- Part III Interlude: Diapers and Demographics -- Part IV Garbage and the Future -- Garbage Project Students, 1973-1991 259.
- ISBN
- 0816521433 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^00053526^
- OCLC
- 45325426
- SCSB-12415818
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library