Clutter, an untidy history, Jennifer Howard
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Clutter, an untidy history, Jennifer Howard
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Clutter
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1246625610
Responsibility statement
Jennifer Howard
Sub title
an untidy history
Summary
"Jennifer Howard weaves her personal struggle with clutter into an overview of the developed world's excess of material goods, from the Industrial Revolution to the Container Store. Throughout, she reveals clutter's darker connections to environmental devastation and hoarding disorder."--, Back cover
Table Of Contents
In my mother's house: a personal history of clutter -- Finders keepers: hoarding disorder and shame -- Material world: the Victorian roots of consumer culture -- Shop and drop: from mail-order catalogs to Amazon Prime -- A place for everything: the eternal war on disorder -- Waste, want, and wealth: decluttering as activism and entrepreneurship -- Final destinations: clutter as junk and eco-catastrophe -- The changing landscape of clutter
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