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From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history : the politics of waste in socialist and postsocialist Hungary / Zsuzsa Gille

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Gille, Zsuzsa
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Was state socialism wasteful? -- Toward a social theory of waste -- Discipline and recycle (1948-1974) -- Metallic socialism -- The primitive accumulation of waste in metallic socialism -- Reform and reduce (1975-1984) -- The efficiency model -- The limits of efficiency -- Privatize and incinerate (1985-present) -- The chemical model -- "Building a castle out of shit" : the wastelands of the new Europe -- Conclusion.
Summary
A social and cultural history of waste, environmental policy, and postsocialist transition.
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ISBN
9780253116925 (electronic bk.)
0253116929 (electronic bk.)
1282078372
9781282078376
9786612078378
6612078375
780253348388 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0253348382 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780253348388 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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