Absorbing Waste, Displacing Labor: Family, Environment, and the Disposable Diaper in the 1970s

Authors :: Kendra Smith-Howard
Source :: Environmental History. 26:207-230
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Abstract: Between 1965 and 1980, disposable diapers became the norm among middle-class American families, altering resource flows as they became more popular. Diapers crafted from wood and water of t...

Subjects :: History
Resource (biology)
Commerce
Disposable diaper
Business
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

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