The Politics of Trash: How Governments Used Corruption to Clean Cities, 1890-1929

by Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan

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The Politics of Trash explains how municipal trash collection solved odorous urban problems using nongovernmental and often unseemly means. Focusing on the persistent problems of filth and the frustration of generations of reformers unable to clean their cities, Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan tell a story of dirty politics and administrative innovation that made rapidly expanding American cities livable.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1501766988

ISBN13:9781501766985

Release Date:January 2023

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:246 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Engineering History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Technology

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