Cash for your trash : scrap recycling in America /

In Cash for Your Trash, Carl A. Zimring provides a fascinating history of scrap recycling, from colonial times to the present. Integrating findings from archival, industrial, and demographic records, and moving beyond the environmental developments that have shaped modern recycling enterprises, Zimr...

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Hlavní autor: Zimring, Carl A., 1969-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press ©2005.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hj417
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Shrnutí:In Cash for Your Trash, Carl A. Zimring provides a fascinating history of scrap recycling, from colonial times to the present. Integrating findings from archival, industrial, and demographic records, and moving beyond the environmental developments that have shaped modern recycling enterprises, Zimring offers a unique cultural and economic portrait of the private businesses that made large-scale recycling possible.
Popis jednotky:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Carnegie Mellon.
Fyzický popis:1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
ISBN:0813537916
9780813537917
9780813536866
0813536863