American Alchemy: The History of Solid Waste Management in the United States

ISBN-10: 0970768729
ISBN-13: 9780970768728
Category: Factory and trade waste
Pages: 616
Language: English
Published: 2003
Publisher: ForesterPress
Author: H. Lanier Hickman

Description

American Alchemy was written by H. Lanier ( Lanny ) Hickman Jr. , someone who " was there " dur- ing the phenomenal changes that have taken place in solid waste management over the past four decades in the United States .

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American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture
- 2003-06-19
- 360 pages
- Ebook
- Univ of North Carolina Press
American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle-class Culture
- 2000
- 366 pages
- Paperback
- Univ of North Carolina Press

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