Monday, October 27, 2008

Unquiet History 5



Medieval city dwellers threw their trash out the windows onto unsuspecting pedestrians below--right? Not according to historian Dolly Jorgenson. Writing in the current issue of Technology & Society, Jorgenson describes how medieval urbanites paved the way for modernity by working together to dispose of their waste and keep their cities clean.


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