{"product_id":"waste-and-want-a-social-history-of-trash-paperback","title":"Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Strasser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlice Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eMichelle McMillian\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life-throwing things out-and how it has transformed American society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan Strasser's pathbreaking histories of housework and the rise of the mass market have become classics in the literature of consumer culture. Here she turns to an essential but neglected part of that culture-the trash it produces-and finds in it an unexpected wealth of meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the twentieth century, streets and bodies stank, but trash was nearly nonexistent. With goods and money scarce, almost everything was reused. Strasser paints a vivid picture of an America where scavenger pigs roamed the streets, swill children collected kitchen garbage, and itinerant peddlers traded manufactured goods for rags and bones. Over the last hundred years, however, Americans have become hooked on convenience, disposability, fashion, and constant technological change-the rise of mass consumption has led to waste on a previously unimaginable scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLively and colorful, Waste and Want recaptures a hidden part of our social history, vividly illustrating that what counts as trash depends on who's counting, and that what we throw away defines us as much as what we keep.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Strasser\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eNever Done: A History of American Housework\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Making of the American Mass Market. \u003c\/i\u003eHer articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. A professor of history at the University of Delaware, she lives near Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761336811808,"sku":"9780805065121","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/99eb1ac6704321d6882aa29a45962dfd.webp?v=1780204877","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/waste-and-want-a-social-history-of-trash-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}