{"product_id":"9781473663985","title":"Rag and Bone : A History of What We've Thrown Away","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Woollett, Lisa, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/02\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: John Murray Press,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Memoirs, Family history, Social \u0026amp; cultural history \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781473663985\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eFrom relics of Georgian empire-building and slave-trading, through Victorian London's barged-out refuse to 1980s fly-tipping and the pervasiveness of present-day plastics, Rag and Bone traces the story of our rubbish, and, through it, our history of consumption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a series of beachcombing and mudlarking walks - beginning in the Thames in central London, then out to the Kentish estuary and eventually the sea around Cornwall - Lisa Woollett also tells the story of her family, a number of whom made their living from London's waste, and who made a similar journey downriver from the centre of the city to the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully written but urgent mixture of social history, family memoir and nature writing, Rag and Bone is a book about what we can learn from what we've thrown away - and a call to think more about what we leave behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37954069364889,"sku":"9781473663985","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781473663985.jpg?v=1611941137","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781473663985","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}