Raymond G. Stokes, Roman Köster, Stephen C. Sambrook

The Business of Waste

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Produktbeschreibung

This book compares the evolution of the household refuse business in Britain and Germany since 1945.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 715g
• ISBN-13: 9781107027213
• ISBN-10: 1107027217
• Artikelnr.: 39344391

Autorenporträt

Raymond G. Stokes is Professor of Business History at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Centre for Business History in Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. Cleansing Services, 1945 to the 1960s: From Societies
of Want to Societies of Purity: 1. Establishing (and re-establishing) an
industry: waste services in the UK and Germany from the late nineteenth
century to the 1950s; 2. Rationalization measures; 3. 'Salvage' and the
industry; Part II. Grappling with Crisis: From the 1960s to 1980: 4. The
waste flood; 5. Politicizing waste: national and regional legislation and
political activism; 6. Coping with the crisis; Part III. Re-conceptualizing
Waste and Conceptualizing Waste Management, 1980 to the Present: 7. Framing
waste: measurement, regulation, and legislation in the 1980s; 8. The waste
management industry since 1990.