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Rubbish! : the archaeology of garbage
- Title
- Rubbish! : the archaeology of garbage / William Rathje and Cullen Murphy.
- Author
- Rathje, William L.
- Publication
- New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TD793.3 .R38 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Murphy, Cullen.
- Description
- 250 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Examines the findings of the University of Arizona's Garbage Project for the past twenty years.
- Subject
- Garbage Project (University of Arizona)
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
- Refuse and refuse disposal > Research > New York (State) > New York
- Refuse and refuse disposal > United States > Case studies
- 83.63 environmental economics
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Refuse and refuse disposal > Research
- Ethnoarchäologie
- Abfall
- Huishoudelijk afval
- Afvalverwerking
- Déchets > Élimination
- Déchets industriels > Élimination > États-Unis
- New York (State) > New York
- United States
- New York Staat
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Contents
- I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GARBAGE PROJECT -- 1. Yes, wonderful things -- 2. Garbage and history -- 3. What we say, what we do -- II. THE LANDFILL EXCAVATIONS -- 4. Into the unknown -- 5. The myths of biodegradation -- III. INTERLUDE: DIAPERS AND DEMOGRAPHICS -- 6. A garbage census? -- 7. The diaper dilemma -- IV. GARBAGE AND THE FUTURE -- 8. The technological fix -- 9. Closing the loop -- 10. Life-style override -- 11. The ten commandments.
- ISBN
- 0060166037
- 9780060166038
- LCCN
- 91050452
- OCLC
- ocm25026293
- 25026293
- SCSB-1949423
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library