{"product_id":"the-business-of-waste-great-britain-and-germany-1945-to-the-present-hardback-9781107027213","title":"The Business of Waste; Great Britain and Germany, 1945 to the Present (Hardback) 9781107027213","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Business of Waste\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGreat Britain and Germany, 1945 to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book compares the evolution of the household refuse business in Britain and Germany since 1945.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond G. Stokes (Author), Roman Köster (Author), Stephen C. Sambrook (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107027213, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e343 pages, 24 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'[The authors] not only add a much-needed business historical perspective to a debate that is picking up speed in European history. They also deliver a valuable and exciting study that spans two countries and their histories of handling the problem of waste from the end of the Second World War until today.' Sebastian Teupe, H-Soz-u-Kult\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe advent of consumer societies in the United Kingdom and West Germany after 1945 led to the mass 'production' of garbage. This book compares the social, cultural and economic fallout of the growing volume and changing composition of waste in the two countries from 1945 to the present through sustained attention to changes in the business of handling household waste. Though the UK and Germany are similar in population density, degrees of urbanisation, and standardisation, the two countries took profoundly different paths from low-waste to throwaway societies, and more recently, towards the goal of 'zero-waste'. The authors explore evolving balances between public and private provision in waste services; the transformation of public cleansing into waste management; the role of government legislation and regulation; emerging conceptualisations of recycling and resource recovery; and the gradual shift of the industry's regulatory and business context from local to national and then to international.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rationalization measures\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Salvage' and the industry\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Grappling with Crisis: From the 1960s to 1980: 4. The waste flood\u003cbr\u003e 5. Politicizing waste: national and regional legislation and political activism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Coping with the crisis\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Re-conceptualizing Waste and Conceptualizing Waste Management, 1980 to the Present: 7. Framing waste: measurement, regulation, and legislation in the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e 8. The waste management industry since 1990.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Postwar%2020th%20century%20history,%20from%20c%201945%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW3%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW3\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913189024024,"sku":"9781107027213","price":86.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107027213i_7da82a2f-0564-4f28-975e-b0fc81a53f88.jpg?v=1691361198","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-business-of-waste-great-britain-and-germany-1945-to-the-present-hardback-9781107027213","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}