The Afterlife of Used Things

Recycling in the Long Eighteenth Century

Ariane Fennetaux, Amélie Junqua, Sophie Vasset

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English

Routledge
23 May 2019

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Waste management

Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

Recycling is not a concept that is usually applied to the eighteenth century. “The environment” may not have existed as a notion then, yet practices of re-use and transformation obviously shaped the early-modern world. Still, this period of booming commerce and exchange was also marked by scarcity and want. This book reveals the fascinating variety and ingenuity of recycling processes that may be observed in the commerce, crafts, literature, and medicine of the eighteenth century. Recycling is used as a thought-provoking means to revisit subjects such as consumption, the new science, or novel writing, and cast them in a new light where the waste of some becomes the luxury of others, clothes worn to rags are turned into paper and into books, and scientific breakthroughs are carried out in old kitchen pans.

Edited by: Ariane Fennetaux, Amélie Junqua, Sophie Vasset
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780367208851
ISBN 10: 0367208857
Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 23 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ariane Fennetaux is Senior Lecturer in 18th-Century Studies at Université Paris Diderot. Amélie Junqua is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Amiens. Sophie Vasset is a Senior Lecturer at Université Paris Diderot.