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Cycling and Recycling: Histories of Sustainable Practices
Ruth Oldenziel (Ed.)
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Description for Cycling and Recycling: Histories of Sustainable Practices
Hardback. In recent years, activists & policymakers have increasingly turned to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of sustainability, and waste recycling and bicycles both exemplify this development. This series of fascinating case studies traces the twin histories of biking and recycling, providing valuable context for today's policy challenges. Editor(s): Oldenziel, Ruth; Trischler, Helmuth. Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: RNH; RNU; TQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Technology has long been an essential consideration in public discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however, activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of two such technologies-bicycling and waste recycling-tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.
Technology has long been an essential consideration in public discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however, activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of two such technologies-bicycling and waste recycling-tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Environment in History: International Perspectives
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782389705
SKU
V9781782389705
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99-15
About Ruth Oldenziel (Ed.)
Ruth Oldenziel is Professor of American and European History at the Eindhoven University of Technology and visiting scholar at the LMU Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. Her books include Consumers, Users, Rebels: The People Who Shaped Europe with Mikael Hard; Cold War Kitchen with Karin Zachmann; Gender and Technology with Nina Lerman and Arwen Mohun; and Making Technology ... Read more
Reviews for Cycling and Recycling: Histories of Sustainable Practices
The reviewer freely admits to have learned many interesting and fascinating facts about `Cycling and Recycling' in very different country contexts. In addition, most of the contributions have been written in such a way as to be so comprehensible and jargon-free as to make them accessible also to readers beyond the narrow circle of specialists, which appears particularly important for ... Read more