The Business of Waste
Great Britain and Germany, 1945 to the Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11480596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Closmann (Jacksonville University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 675-677 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-089X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/gerhis/ghu051 |
| OpenAlex | W2122564493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the decades after World War II, surging economic growth brought a host of benefits to Great Britain and West Germany. Per capita incomes rose steadily, and average citizens could buy cars, televisions, refrigerators, and other amenities for the first time. However, the spread of mass consumerism also brought negative consequences. From the 1950s through to the 1980s, residents of both countries discarded millions of tons of paper, metal, food, plastic, semi-conductors and other materials. This massive waste stream posed enormous challenges for governments in both countries. Focusing on the business history of this waste stream, Raymond G. Stokes, Roman Köster and Stephen C. Sambrook shed new light on the ‘economic fallout of the emergence of the consumer society’ (p. 2). The Business of Waste: Great Britain and Germany, 1945 to the Present is a thoroughly documented, carefully argued study which underscores how social factors, economic markets, regulation, and technology shaped waste management policies in both countries. The authors demonstrate not only why British and German waste management practices were similar, but why they increasingly differed over time.
Agricultural economics · Archaeology · Big business · Business · Consumerism · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Market economy · Per capita · Population · Sociology · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |