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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash Paperback - 2000
by Susan Strasser; Alice Austen (Photographer); Designed by Michelle McMillian
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At first the new scavenger is filled with disgust and self-loathing," writes Lars Eighner, describing "Dumpster diving" in his 1993 memoir of American homelessness.
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- Title Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
- Author Susan Strasser; Alice Austen (Photographer); Designed by Michelle McMillian
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-09-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780805065121 / 0805065121
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.54 cm)
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- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Refuse and refuse disposal - Social aspects, Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Social aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99017571
- Dewey Decimal Code 363.72
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