Description
Sooner or later everything is thrown away. In the consumer society, however, usable and serviceable products that may be as good as new are also thrown away. Such behaviour is the result of a long-term process that has developed over a period of one-and-a-half centuries. The change was led by the USA, and the Federal Republic of Germany followed. It started at the turn of the last century with personal hygiene: articles such as toilet paper, sanitary towels, nappies and paper handkerchiefs. After the Second World War, a large number of other disposable articles were soon added, such as paper cups and plastic dishes, nylon stockings and pens, razor blades, beverage cans and much more besides. Wolfgang König shows how business and consumers have together made throwing things away perfectly normal – and discusses how the throwaway society may be overcome.
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Author Biography
Wolfgang König is retired Professor of History of Technology at the Berlin Technical University and a member of “acatech”, the German Academy of Science and Engineering. He has been awarded several prizes for his work on the history of technology and consumerism.
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Franz Steiner Verlag / Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
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- Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag
- Publication Date 2019
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783515125000
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 19.80 EUR
- Pages168
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleGeschichte der Wegwerfgesellschaft. Die Kehrseite des Konsums
- Copyright Year2019
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