Berg, Anne.

Empire of Rags and Bones : Waste and War in Nazi Germany. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (377 pages)

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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.

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.

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Refuse and refuse disposal-Germany.


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