Book description
Explores the concept of waste from fresh historical, cultural, and geographical perspectives.
Garbage is often assumed to be an inevitable part and problem of human existence. But when did people actually come to think of things as "trash"-as becoming worthless over time or through use, as having an end?
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The title and cover of this book do not prepare the reader for the journey within—a journey that stretches from today's garbage problems, to the Maya relationship to trash a thousand years ago, to the European-Indigenous culture clash in Mexico five hundred years ago, and back to the present. Full of surprises and endlessly fascinating, Unmaking Waste is brilliantly original. Disclosure: I was sent the book to be evaluated for a prize, and thus started reading it out of obligation; but I was immediately gripped by its unusual nature and engaging writing. So, don't be put off by all the…
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