| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2024 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2024) |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Refuse and refuse disposal -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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European history.
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Warfare and Defence.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197744031 |
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0197744036 |
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9780197744017 |
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019774401X |
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