Garbage in the cities : refuse, reform, and the environment /
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,...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Rev. edition. |
| Series: | History of the urban environment.
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Table of Contents:
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Out of sight, out of mind: the refuse problem in the late nineteenth century
- 2: Apostle of cleanliness and the origins of refuse management
- 3: Refuse as an engineering problem: sanitary engineers and municipal reform
- 4: Refuse as an aesthetic problem: voluntary citizens' organizations and sanitation
- 5: Street-cleaning practices in the early twentieth century
- 6: Collection and disposal practices in the early twentieth century
- 7: Solid waste as pollution in twentieth-century America
- 8: Garbage crisis in the late twentieth century
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index.
- 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.
