{"product_id":"waste-of-a-nation-assa-doron-9780674980600","title":"Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn India, you can still find the \u003ci\u003ekabaadiwala, \u003c\/i\u003ethe rag-and-bone man. He wanders from house to house buying old newspapers, broken utensils, plastic bottles--anything for which he can get a little cash. This custom persists and recreates itself alongside the new economies and ecologies of consumer capitalism. \u003ci\u003eWaste of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e offers an anthropological and historical account of India's complex relationship with garbage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountries around the world struggle to achieve sustainable futures. Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey argue that in India the removal of waste and efforts to reuse it also lay waste to the lives of human beings. At the bottom of the pyramid, people who work with waste are injured and stigmatized as they deal with sewage, toxic chemicals, and rotting garbage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTerrifying events, such as atmospheric pollution and childhood stunting, that touch even the wealthy and powerful may lead to substantial changes in practices and attitudes toward sanitation. And innovative technology along with more effective local government may bring about limited improvements. But if a clean new India is to emerge as a model for other parts of the world, a \"binding morality\" that reaches beyond the current environmental crisis will be required. Empathy for marginalized underclasses--Dalits, poor Muslims, landless migrants--who live, almost invisibly, amid waste produced predominantly for the comfort of the better-off will be the critical element in India's relationship with waste. Solutions will arise at the intersection of the traditional and the cutting edge, policy and practice, science and spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674980603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674980600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018","brand":"Assa Doron","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925572092159,"sku":"9780674980600","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_115bd722-d109-4a93-a20f-618f8ed0375b.jpg?v=1681078065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waste-of-a-nation-assa-doron-9780674980600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}