The Culture of Flushing: A Social and Legal History of Sewage (Nature | History | Society)

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Product Description The flush of a toilet is routine. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet Jamie Benidickson’s examination of the social and legal history of sewage in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom demonstrates that the uncontroversial reputation of flushing is deceptive. The Culture of Flushing investigates and clarifies the murky evolution of waste treatment. It is particularly relevant in a time when community water quality can no longer be taken for granted. Review The Culture of Flushing does a fine job of comparing issues across national borders, and is one of only a very few studies that integrates English, American, and Canadian experiences. This is a very good synthesis of an important topic that should be of interest to scholars in many fields and to people in many walks of life. -- Martin V. Melosi, professor of history, University of Houston, and author of Effluent America and The Sanitary City Review " The Culture of Flushing does a fine job of comparing issues across national borders, and is one of only a very few studies that integrates English, American, and Canadian experiences.This is a very good synthesis of an important topic that should be of interest to scholars in many fields and to people in many walks of life."―Martin V. Melosi, professor of history, University of Houston, and author of Effluent America and The Sanitary City. About the Author Jamie Benidickson is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.