The hoarders
Subtitle: material deviance in modern American culture
By: Scott Herring
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780226171685; 9780226171715
Subjects: Public opinion; Popular works; Compulsive hoarding; Hoarders
Description: "Provides an in-depth examination of how modern hoarders came into being, from their onset in the first half of the twentieth century to the present day." --Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-175) and index.
Table of contents: title: Collyer curiosa; title: Pathological collectibles; title: Clutterology; title: Old rubbish.