LEADER 02390nam 22004813u 450 001 9910452694903321 005 20210106213859.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521094 035 $a(EBL)865461 035 $a(OCoLC)780425888 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865461 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521094 100 $a20131125d2005|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aEmpire of Scrounge$b[electronic resource] $eInside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging 210 $aNew York $cNYU Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aAlternative Criminology Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2737-9 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a"Patrolling the neighborhoods of central Fort Worth, sorting through trash piles, exploring dumpsters, scanning the streets and the gutters for items lost or discarded, I gathered the city's degraded bounty, then returned home to sort and catalogue the take.". -From the Introduction. In December of 2001 Jeff Ferrell quit his job as tenured professor, moved back to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, and, with a place to live but no real income, began an eight-month odyssey of essentially living off of the street. Empire of Scrounge tells the story of this unusual journey into the often illicit 410 0$aAlternative Criminology Series 606 $aMarginality, Social -- United States 606 $aRagpickers -- United States 606 $aSalvage (Waste, etc.) -- United States 606 $aUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1980- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aMarginality, Social -- United States. 615 4$aRagpickers -- United States. 615 4$aSalvage (Waste, etc.) -- United States. 615 4$aUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1980-. 676 $a305.5/68/0973 676 $a305.5680973 700 $aFerrell$b Jeff$0918280 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452694903321 996 $aEmpire of Scrounge$92058931 997 $aUNINA