Garbage in the cities: refuse reform and the environment
Auteur :
Melosi, Martin
Éditeur :
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN :
9780822958574
Date de publication :
23 nov. 2004
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
As recently as the 1880s, most American cities had no effective means of collecting and removing the mountains of garbage, refuse, and manure-over a thousand tons a day in New York City alone-that clogged streets and overwhelmed the senses of residents.