Title: Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
Author: Susan Strasser
URL: Find at your local library.
Date: 1999

Notes:
At a Glance: This resource reviews the social history on consumption and the development of a waste culture.

Best for: This resource is good for one who wants to understand how our view of clothing has changed over time. It highlights the transition of being a society who mended clothing when it was damaged to a society where damaged clothing is disposable.

Standout Features: Susan Strasser does not just look at the disposable consumer culture of today, but also looks at the evolution of it. She also anticipates what will happen to the future of the nature of consumption.

Keep in Mind: Susan Strasser works in the history department at the University of Delaware. She is a American consumer culture historian. She has many other publications including other works on consumer culture.