Waste of a nation : garbage and growth in India / Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey.
Waste of a nation : garbage and growth in India / Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey.
Waste of a nation : garbage and growth in India / Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/2509
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English
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xv, 393 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: "Why is India so...?" -- Time and place -- Growth and garbage -- Sewage and society -- Recycling and value -- Technology and imperfection -- Local governments and limitations -- Occupations and possibilities -- Conclusion: "India is so...because..."
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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"Why is India so filthy?" This book draws on four years of research by an anthropologist and historian to tease out reasons for India's public-sanitation agonies. From the days of Mahatma Gandhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has struggled with garbage and human excrement. In the twenty-first century, the problems grow urgent as an urbanizi...
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Waste of a nation : garbage and growth in India / Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/2509
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74VKVomoBz23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVomoBz23
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0674980603 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674980600 hardcover alkaline paper
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363.7288
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991024165560102626
