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Waste Away: Working And Living With A North American Landfill

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Book Title: Waste Away : Working and Living with a North American Landfill

Item Length: 0.9in

Item Height: 0.1in

Item Width: 0.6in

Author: Joshua O. Reno

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Environmental / Waste Management, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Civil / General

Publisher: University of California Press

Publication Year: 2016

Genre: Technology & Engineering, Social Science

Item Weight: 14.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

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