02390nam 22004813u 450 991045269490332120210106213859.0(CKB)1000000000521094(EBL)865461(OCoLC)780425888(MiAaPQ)EBC865461(EXLCZ)99100000000052109420131125d2005|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Empire of Scrounge[electronic resource] Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street ScavengingNew York NYU Press20051 online resource (233 p.)Alternative Criminology SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-2737-9 Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Sordid Signs; 2 Street Life; 3 Street Knowledge; 4 Salvage Operations; 5 Scrapped Together; 6 Scrunge City; 7 Scrounging Zen; Coda: Improvisations on the Everyday; Notes; Index; About the Author"Patrolling the neighborhoods of central Fort Worth, sorting through trash piles, exploring dumpsters, scanning the streets and the gutters for items lost or discarded, I gathered the city's degraded bounty, then returned home to sort and catalogue the take.". -From the Introduction. In December of 2001 Jeff Ferrell quit his job as tenured professor, moved back to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, and, with a place to live but no real income, began an eight-month odyssey of essentially living off of the street. Empire of Scrounge tells the story of this unusual journey into the often illicit Alternative Criminology SeriesMarginality, Social -- United StatesRagpickers -- United StatesSalvage (Waste, etc.) -- United StatesUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1980-Electronic books.Marginality, Social -- United States.Ragpickers -- United States.Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- United States.United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-.305.5/68/0973305.5680973Ferrell Jeff918280AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910452694903321Empire of Scrounge2058931UNINA