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Empire of rags and bones : waste and war in Nazi Germany / Anne Berg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berg, Anne, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Salvage (Waste, etc.)--Germany--History--20th century.
- Salvage (Waste, etc.).
- Refuse and refuse disposal--Germany--History--20th century.
- Refuse and refuse disposal.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- 'Empire of Rags and Bones' offers a fresh perspective on the history of the Third Reich and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Historicizing the much-championed ideal of zero waste, this book explains the connections between Nazi resource-thinking, imperial expansion, and racial purging.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Empire of Rags and Bones
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction: Rag and Bone Economics
- PART I ORDER
- 1. The Nazi Waste Regime
- 2. Garbage Visionaries
- 3. Garbage Community
- PART II EXTRACTION
- 4. Forged in Metal
- 5. Rag Farming
- 6. Waste Cycles
- PART III DESTRUCTION
- 7. Soap Bones
- 8. Bombed Out and Trashed In
- 9. Piles
- Conclusion: Hidden in Plain Sight
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780197744031
- 0197744036
- OCLC:
- 1416893905
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