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Garbage In The Cities Refuse Reform and the Environment

Paperback • 2004 • English

Garbage In The Cities Refuse Reform and the Environment

By Martin V. Melosi

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About the book

Winner, 2019 Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award As recently as the 1880s, most American cities had no effective means of collecting and removing the mountains of garbage, refuse, and manure-over a thousand tons a day in New York City alone-that clogged streets and overwhelmed the senses of residents. In his landmark study, Garbage in the Cities, Martin Melosi offered the first history of efforts begun in the Progressive Era to clean up this mess. Since it was first published, Garbage in th...Show more

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9780822958574

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Garbage In The Cities Refuse Reform and the Environment

Format

Paperback

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