Sewer / Jessica Leigh Hester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hester, Jessica Leigh, author.

Series:

Object Lessons

Object Lessons.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sewerage.

Sewage disposal--History.

Sewage disposal.

Sewage--Environmental aspects.

Sewage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Summary:

"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Jessica Leigh Hester leads readers through the past, present, and future of the system humans have created to deal with our own waste, and argues that sewers can be seen as a mirror to the world above at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment for the worse. What can underground pipes tell us about human eating habits and the spread or containment of disease, such as COVID-19? Why are sewers spitting out plastic and trash into waterways around the world? How are clogs getting gnarlier and more numerous? Sifting through the muck offers a fresh way to approach questions about urbanization, public health, infrastructure, ecology, sustainability, and consumerism-and what we value. Without understanding sewers, any attempt to steward the future is incomplete. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic ."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1: Past

Chapter 1: Cathedrals of Sewage Part 2: Present

Chapter 2: Wipes and Pipes

Chapter 3: Fatbergs

Chapter 4: Waterways Part 3: Future

Chapter 5: The Supersewer

Chapter 6: The Lab Conclusion: The Afterlife

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501379536

1501379534

9781501379512

1501379518

9781501379529

1501379526

OCLC:

1295226754