false 146037 1 A city awash in garbage; rats skittering through heaps of rotting debris; disease spreading through choked waterways; citizens threading through piles of filth - urban nightmare or profiteer's dream come true? Benjamin Miller's panoramic view of New York's garbage takes us from the earliest antebellum collectors, to 19th- century barons trading in fertilizers and explosives, to the current feuding bureaucrats and environmentalists. Fat of the Land covers social and scientific theories of class and disease, in the process offering a richly textured history of urban development. The book reveals for the first time the plotting of power broker Robert Moses that gave birth to the controversial Fresh Kills landfill and examines the curious logic behind its untimely end. Fat of the Land brings to light an often hidden subject, assessing who gains and who loses in the endless battle over garbage. 140931 30 10 2000 Fat of the Land: The Garbage Of New York--The Last Two Hundred Years total:9|5:2|4:1|3:6| 9 32 27 2 4 0 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 22:03:11 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 11:55:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 10 04:55:46 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 03 04:30:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 08:27:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 08:27:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 15:47:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:47:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 09:22:16 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:22:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 07:08:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 07:08:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 01:50:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 01:50:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 23 22:52:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 22:52:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 11:38:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 08:58:29 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 11:38:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Feb 16 12:55:51 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:01:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 09:25:09 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 09:25:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 10:06:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 10:06:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 10:27:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:27:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:24:58 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:25:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 27 09:04:13 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:04:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jun 12 11:18:36 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 20:40:54 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 11:18:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 15 16:44:34 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 16:45:25 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Apr 11 12:53:28 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 12:53:28 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Apr 09 20:19:27 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 20:19:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Apr 09 12:16:36 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 12:16:44 -0700 2008