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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155074503321

Autore

Licence Tom

Titolo

What the Victorians threw away / / Tom Licence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78297-878-X

1-78297-876-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 pages) : color illustrations

Disciplina

339.4/7094109034

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Consumer behavior - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Packaging waste - Environmental aspects - Great Britain

Refuse and refuse disposal - Great Britain - History

Great Britain Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Labourers' cottages in Kent -- A postman's rubbish in Shropshire -- A Norfolk rectory -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this highly readable little book Tom Licence reveals how everyday objects, dug from the ground, contribute to the bigger story of how our great grandparents built a throwaway society from the twin foundations of packaging and mass consumption and illustrates how our own throwaway habits were formed"--