Dirty Words : Writings on the History and Culture of Pollution, Hardcover by ...

by Hannah Bradby

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Dirty Words : Writings on the History and Culture of Pollution, Hardcover by Bradby, Hannah (EDT), ISBN 1849710031, ISBN-13 9781849710039, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides?Dirty Words examines all of these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction, from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler, advice on how to be an environmental troublemaker, and a suggestion of our choice of futures: the world as an icebox or a entertaining and provocative collection of pieces by a group of environmental experts challenges the reader to take a closer look at the current pollution published in 1991

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• ISBN: 9781849710039
• Condition: Fine

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