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'The incineration of refuse is beautiful' : Torquay and the introduction of municipal refuse destructors
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dc.contributor.author | Clark, John Finlay Mcdiarmid | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-29T16:15:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-11-29T16:15:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Clark , J F M 2007 , ' 'The incineration of refuse is beautiful' : Torquay and the introduction of municipal refuse destructors ' , Urban History , vol. 34 , no. 2 , pp. 255-277 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926807004634 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0963-9268 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 341939 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 8813a3ed-05da-405b-b1e8-c2b4e66f8722 | |
dc.identifier.other | standrews_research_output: 14445 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 34347397384 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-7948-9229/work/60427894 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/1492 | |
dc.description.abstract | In the last decade of the nineteenth century, the English seaside and health resort of Torquay abandoned its old practice of municipal waste tipping and invested in a destructor, or incinerator. Technical, legal and financial considerations lay behind this decision. The ensuing protests against the operation of the destructor highlight the tensions between nascent technocrats and the affected residents. At a time when pollution was most often displaced or dispersed, topography conspired against the residents of Torquay, and challenged the accepted spatial and social relationships of waste. | |
dc.format.extent | 23 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Urban History | en |
dc.rights | (c)2007 Cambridge University Press | en |
dc.subject | HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform | en |
dc.subject | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HN | en |
dc.title | 'The incineration of refuse is beautiful' : Torquay and the introduction of municipal refuse destructors | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of History | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926807004634 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34347397384&partnerID=8YFLogxK | en |
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