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Rag and bone : a family history of what we've thrown away

Woollett, Lisa2020
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From relics of Georgian empire-building and slave-trading, through Victorian London's barged-out refuse to 1980s fly-tipping and the pervasiveness of present-day plastics, RAG AND BONE traces the story of our rubbish, and, through it, our history of consumption. In a series of beachcombing and mud larking walks - beginning in the Thames in central London, then out to the Kentish estuary and eventually the sea around Cornwall - Lisa Woollett also tells the story of her family, a number of whom made their living from London's waste, and who made a similar journey downriver from the centre of the city to the sea.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2020.
Collation:
[ix], 230 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473663961
Dewey class:
363.728
Language:
English
BRN:
371675
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Brighton LibraryAdult Non Fiction - Environment363.728 WOOAvailable
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