Picking Up On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City

Name: Picking Up On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
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ISBN: 9780374534271

ISBN-10: 0374534276

ISBN-13: 9780374534271

Edition: 2013

Authors: Robin Nagle

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Americas largest city generates garbage in torrents--11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers dont give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away. But "who," exactly, is that someone? And why is he--or she--so unknown? In "Picking Up," the anthropologist Robin Nagle introduces us to the men and women of New York Citys Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of uniformed workers is the most important labor force on the streets. Seeking to understand every aspect…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/18/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English