Rag and Bone A Family History of What We've Thrown Away

Zusatztext Subtle, lyrical and funny Informationen zum Autor Lisa Woollett Klappentext 'A really important book' RAYNOR WINN From relics of Georgian empire-building and slave-trading, through Victorian London's barged-out refuse to 1980s fly-tipping and the pervasiveness of present-day plastics, Rag and Bone traces the story of our rubbish, and, through it, our history of consumption. In a series of beachcombing and mudlarking walks - beginning in the Thames in central London, then out to the Kentish estuary and eventually the sea around Cornwall - Lisa Woollett also tells the story of her family, a number of whom made their living from London's waste, and who made a similar journey downriver from the centre of the city to the sea. A beautifully written but urgent mixture of social history, family memoir and nature writing, Rag and Bone is a book about what we can learn from what we've thrown away - and a call to think more about what we leave behind. A brilliantly written combination of family memoir, social history and nature writing. Zusammenfassung A brilliantly written combination of family memoir, social history and nature writing.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lisa Woollett, Woollett Lisa
• Editore: John Murray
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 02.07.2020
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie
• EAN: 9781473663961
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-6396-1
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.2 x 21.8 x 2.8 cm
• Categorie: Cornwall, London, Greater London, City of London, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Pollution & threats to the environment, Family history, tracing ancestors, Pollution and threats to the environment, The Thames