Garbage in the cities

refuse, reform, and the environment

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Martin V. Melosi
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English
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302

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Garbage in the cities: refuse, reform, and the environment
2005, University of Pittsburgh Press
in English - Rev. ed.
Cover of: Garbage In The Cities
Garbage In The Cities: Refuse Reform and the Environment (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ)
November 23, 2004, University of Pittsburgh Press
Paperback in English - REV edition
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Garbage in the Cities
March 1988, Dorsey Pr
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Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment 1880-1980
March 1988, Dorsey Pr
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Cover of: Garbage in the cities
Cover of: Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment
Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment : 1880-1980 (Environmental history series)
January 1982, Texas a & M Univ Pr
Hardcover in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Garbage in the cities
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Garbage in the cities: refuse, reform, and the environment : 1880-1980
1981, Texas A&M University Press
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Table of Contents

Out of sight, out of mind : The refuse problem in the late Nineteenth Century
The "apostle of cleanliness" and the origins of refuse management
Refuse as an engineering problem : sanitary engineers and municipal reform
Refuse as an aesthetic problem : voluntary citizens' organizations and sanitation
Street-cleaning practices in the early Twentieth Century
Collection and disposal practices in the early Twentieth Century
Solid waste as pollution in Twentieth-Century America
The garbage crisis in the late Twentieth Century.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-294) and index.

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Pittsburgh, Pa
Series
History of the urban environment

Classifications

Library of Congress
TD788 .M45 2005, TD788.M45 2004

The Physical Object

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xvi, 302 p. :
Number of pages
302

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OL15573237M
ISBN 10
0822958570
LCCN
2004015714
OCLC/WorldCat
55982364
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949365
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