Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage

Name: Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage
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ISBN: 9780816521432

ISBN-10: 0816521433

ISBN-13: 9780816521432

Edition: 2001

Authors: William Rathje, Cullen Murphy, William & Murphy Rathje

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Rubbish! is a sociological survey of our demographics and buying habits which, along the way, dispels the myths about a garbage crisis and suggests methods for dealing with future rubbish.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.47" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Cullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of the Atlantic Monthly . He is the author of Are We Rome?, The Word According to Eve , and the essay collection Just Curious .



Preface to the New Edition



An Introduction to the Garbage Project



Yes, Wonderful Things



Garbage and History



What We Say, What We Do



The Landfill Excavations



Into the Unknown



The Myths of Biodegradation



Interlude: Diapers and Demographics



A Garbage Census?



The Diaper Dilemma



Garbage and the Future



The Technological Fix



Closing the Loop



Life-style Override



The Ten Commandments


Acknowledgments


Index


Garbage Project Students, 1973-1991