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Rubbish theory : the creation and destruction of value / Michael Thompson ; foreword by Joshua O. Reno.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social values.
- Catastrophes (Mathematics).
- Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects.
- Refuse and refuse disposal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- How do objects that have lost their value become valuable once again?.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword - Joshua O. Reno
- Preface
- Introduction to the New Edition
- 1. Filth in the Way
- 2. Stevengraphs - Yesterday's Kitsch
- 3. Rat-Infested Slum or Glorious Heritage?
- 4. From Things to Ideas
- 5. A Dynamic Theory of Rubbish
- 6. Art and the Ends of Economic Activity
- 7. Monster Conservation
- 8. The Geometry of Credibility
- 9. The Geometry of Confidence
- 10. The Needle's Eye
- Afterword to the Second Edition (Co-authored by M. Bruce Beck
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2017).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78680-096-9
- OCLC:
- 993078276
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