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The culture of flushing : a social and legal history of sewage
Record details
- ISBN: 0774812915
- ISBN: 9780774812917
- ISBN: 9780774812924 (pbk)
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Physical Description:
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xxiv, 404 p. :bill., maps ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-394) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword : Risk and responsiblity in a waste-full world / Graeme Wynn -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The culture of flishing -- 1. The advantage of a flow of water -- 2. Navigating aquatic priorities -- 3. A source of civic pride -- 4. The water closet revolution -- 5. Municipal evacuation -- 6. Learning to live downstream -- 7. The bacterial assault on local government -- 8. The dilutionary impulse at Chicago -- 9. Separating water from the waterways -- 10. Streams are nature's sewers -- 11. Riparian resurrection -- 12. Governing water -- Conclusion : Water quality and the future of flushing |
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| Subject: | Sewage -- Social aspects -- History Sewage -- Law and legislation -- History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | TD 730 B45 2007 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001208776 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
