Plastic : an autobiography /
Cobb, Allison,
Plastic : an autobiography / Allison Cobb. - 340 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"In Plastic: An Autobiography, Cobb's obsession with a large plastic car part leads her to explore the violence of our consume-and-dispose culture, including her own life as a child of Los Alamos, where the first atomic bombs were made. The journey exposes the interconnections among plastic waste, climate change, nuclear technologies, and racism. Using a series of interwoven narratives - from ancient Phoenicia to Alabama - the book bears witness to our deepest entanglements and asks how humans continue on this planet."--Publisher's website.
9781643620381 164362038X
Cobb, Allison.
Plastics--Environmental aspects.
Plastics--Deterioration.
Ecology.
Environmental policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Pollution.
Plastic : an autobiography / Allison Cobb. - 340 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"In Plastic: An Autobiography, Cobb's obsession with a large plastic car part leads her to explore the violence of our consume-and-dispose culture, including her own life as a child of Los Alamos, where the first atomic bombs were made. The journey exposes the interconnections among plastic waste, climate change, nuclear technologies, and racism. Using a series of interwoven narratives - from ancient Phoenicia to Alabama - the book bears witness to our deepest entanglements and asks how humans continue on this planet."--Publisher's website.
9781643620381 164362038X
Cobb, Allison.
Plastics--Environmental aspects.
Plastics--Deterioration.
Ecology.
Environmental policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Pollution.