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Author Melosi, Martin V., 1947- author.
Title Fresh Kills : a history of consuming and discarding in New York City / Martin V. Melosi.
Publisher New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]


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Descript 1 online resource (xv, 778 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Contents The Dilemma of Consuming -- The Backdrop -- Island City -- Wasting Away -- Staten Island : Borough of Last Resort -- The Quarantine -- Garbage War -- Seeking a Disposal Sink -- Go-Away Society -- One Best Way -- Futile Protests -- Living with and Surviving the Landfill -- The Burning Question -- End of Isolation -- Environmental Turn -- Fiscal Crisis, and Disposal Dilemma -- Fresh Kills at Midlife -- Barge to Nowhere -- A New Plan -- The Road to Closure -- Secession -- Closure -- Now What? -- The Post-Closure Era -- 9/11 -- Regeneration -- Crossroads.
ISBN 9780231548359 (electronic book)
0231548354 (electronic book)
9780231189484 (hardcover)
9780231189491 (paperback)
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Author Melosi, Martin V., 1947- author.
Subject Sanitary landfill closures -- New York (State) -- New York.
Fresh Kills Landfill (New York, N.Y.)
Freshkills Park (New York, N.Y.)
Descript 1 online resource (xv, 778 pages) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents The Dilemma of Consuming -- The Backdrop -- Island City -- Wasting Away -- Staten Island : Borough of Last Resort -- The Quarantine -- Garbage War -- Seeking a Disposal Sink -- Go-Away Society -- One Best Way -- Futile Protests -- Living with and Surviving the Landfill -- The Burning Question -- End of Isolation -- Environmental Turn -- Fiscal Crisis, and Disposal Dilemma -- Fresh Kills at Midlife -- Barge to Nowhere -- A New Plan -- The Road to Closure -- Secession -- Closure -- Now What? -- The Post-Closure Era -- 9/11 -- Regeneration -- Crossroads.
ISBN 9780231548359 (electronic book)
0231548354 (electronic book)
9780231189484 (hardcover)
9780231189491 (paperback)
Author Melosi, Martin V., 1947- author.
Subject Sanitary landfill closures -- New York (State) -- New York.
Fresh Kills Landfill (New York, N.Y.)
Freshkills Park (New York, N.Y.)

Subject Sanitary landfill closures -- New York (State) -- New York.
Fresh Kills Landfill (New York, N.Y.)
Freshkills Park (New York, N.Y.)
Descript 1 online resource (xv, 778 pages) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents The Dilemma of Consuming -- The Backdrop -- Island City -- Wasting Away -- Staten Island : Borough of Last Resort -- The Quarantine -- Garbage War -- Seeking a Disposal Sink -- Go-Away Society -- One Best Way -- Futile Protests -- Living with and Surviving the Landfill -- The Burning Question -- End of Isolation -- Environmental Turn -- Fiscal Crisis, and Disposal Dilemma -- Fresh Kills at Midlife -- Barge to Nowhere -- A New Plan -- The Road to Closure -- Secession -- Closure -- Now What? -- The Post-Closure Era -- 9/11 -- Regeneration -- Crossroads.
ISBN 9780231548359 (electronic book)
0231548354 (electronic book)
9780231189484 (hardcover)
9780231189491 (paperback)
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