Title: What the Victorians threw away
Description: "In this highly readable little book Tom Licence reveals how everyday objects, dug from the ground, contribute to the bigger story of how our great grandparents built a throwaway society from the twin foundations of packaging and mass consumption and illustrates how our own throwaway habits were formed"--
Subjects: Social life and customs, Consumer behavior, Packaging waste, Consumption (Economics), Refuse and refuse disposal, History, Material culture, Great britain, civilization, Great britain, history, 19th century, Environmental aspects
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century