The culture of flushing : a social and legal history of sewage / Jamie Benidickson; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

  • Benidickson, Jamie.
Date:
[2007], ©2007
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"To most, the flush of a toilet is routine - the way we banish waste and ensure cleanliness. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet Jamie Benidickson's examination of the social and legal history of sewage in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom demonstrates that the uncontroversial reputation of flushing is deceptive. The Culture of Flushing is particularly relevant in a time when community water quality can no longer be taken for granted, as it investigates and clarifies the murky evolution of waste treatment."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication/Creation

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

xxiv, 404 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 24 cm.

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Contents

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 -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- Illustration credits -- Index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-394) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    JH /BEN
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  • 0774812915
  • 9780774812917
  • 9780774812924
  • 0774812923