Fresh Kills: A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York City (Paperback)

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Dilemma of Consuming
Part I: The Backdrop
1. Island City
2. Wasting Away
Part II: Staten Island: Borough of Last Resort
3. The Quarantine
4. The Garbage War
Part III: Seeking a Disposal Sink
5. The Go-Away Society
6. One Best Way
7. Futile Protests
Part IV: Living with and Surviving the Landfill
8. The Burning Question
9. The End of Isolation
10. An Environmental Turn
11. Fiscal Crisis and Disposal Dilemma
12. Fresh Kills at Midlife
13. Barge to Nowhere
14. A New Plan
Part V: The Road to Closure
15. Secession
16. Closure
17. Now What?
Part VI: The Post-Closure Era
18. 9/11
19. Regeneration
20. Crossroads
Conclusion
Notes
Index