Consumption and Waste in American Environmental History

Consumption and Waste in American Environmental History is an accessible introduction to the consumption experience, wasting practices, and disposal history of the United States, spanning precontact to the present.

Martin V. Melosi is Cullen Professor Emeritus of History and Founding Director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, USA. He is the author or editor of twenty-three books and more than 100 articles and book chapters in the fields of environmental, urban, energy, and public history.