Holy Crap! The History and Evolution of Human Waste and Sanitation

Holy Crap!The History and Evolution of Human Waste and SanitationEvery human being does it. Every society has had to deal with it since the beginning of civilization. And yet we rarely talk about it.Holy Crap! is the fascinating, disgusting, surprising-and often funny-history and evolution of sanitation: how humans have dealt with their waste from ancient cesspits and primitive toilets to modern sewers and sewage treatment.Along the way, we discover what happens when waste gets into our water, our food, our streets, our battlefields, our rivers and our oceans-and why sanitation, although seldom discussed, is one of the most important and revealing stories in human history.So flush your inhibitions and come along for the ride.It’s going to be one hell of a crappy story. Table of ContentsNo Sanitation?Famous Sanitation and Water DisastersNature’s Sanitation SystemWater: Why Sanitation MattersAnimal Farms Mess with Nature’s SystemDisease and SanitationDefecation, Toilet Paper, and SexClothing and Going to the BathroomThe Trojan War WashroomWaste in the TrenchesEvolution of SanitationEvolution of Flush ToiletsWhat Happens After We FlushSewers: The Underground CivilizationPeople Who Deal With CrapToilet to TableDeveloping NationsWorld’s Worst SanitationChina and IndiaCuba In CrisisSanitation in the Developed WorldWorld’s Best SanitationSanitation at Three WoodstocksTwo Severns: One LessonWorld’s Largest BathroomsMediterranean Under PressureThe Great LakesArctic and Antarctic SanitationThe Business of PoopFrom Space to EarthDefecation, Urination, and ArtMovies and Television Get Down to Business