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9780816521432

Rubbish!

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816521432

  • ISBN10:

    0816521433

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

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Summary

It is from the discards of former civilizationsthat archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the past, and it is through their examination of today's garbage that William Rathje and Cullen Murphy inform us of our present. Rubbish!is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage. Rathje and Murphy show what the study of garbage tells us about a population's demographics and buying habits. Along the way, they dispel the common myths about our "garbage crisis"--about fast-food packaging and disposable diapers, about biodegradable garbage and the acceleration of the average family's garbage output. They also suggest methods for dealing with the garbage we do have.

Author Biography

William Rathje is Director of the Garbage Project in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Arizona Cullen Murphy is Managing Editor of and a frequent contributor to The Atlantic Monthly. He lives in Boston

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition ix
PART I An Introduction to the Garbage Project
Yes, Wonderful Things
3(27)
Garbage and History
30(23)
What We Say, What We Do
53(28)
PART II The Landfill Excavations
Into the Unknown
81(29)
The Myths of Biodegradation
110(23)
PART III Interlude: Diapers and Demographics
A Garbage Census?
133(18)
The Diaper Dilemma
151(20)
PART IV Garbage and the Future
The Technological Fix
171(17)
Closing the Loop
188(26)
Life-style Override
214(20)
The Ten Commandments
234(12)
Acknowledgments 246(5)
Index 251(8)
Garbage Project Students, 1973--1991 259

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