Rebecca Altman

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Rebecca Altman is a writer, environmental sociologist, and a research affiliate at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. Her work explores the social history of plastics, petrochemicals, and environmental legacy.

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Books by Rebecca Altman

The Song of Styrene

An Intimate History of Plastics

By Rebecca Altman

An intimate history of plastics, written by a plastic-maker’s daughter turned environmental sociologist who, for the past decade, has searched for the origin story of plastic and how it is inextricably bound to her own.

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