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082 0 0 _a325.3 IMP
245 0 0 _aImperial debris :
_bon ruins and ruination /
_cedited by Ann Laura Stoler.
260 _aDurham ;
_aLondon :
_bDuke University Press,
_cc2013.
300 _axi, 365 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-353) and index. TB1316/3 GBP 24.00
505 0 _aIntroduction. "The rot remains": from ruins to ruination / Ann Laura Stoler -- Decompositions of matter and mind -- An acoustic register: tenacious images, congolese scenes of rape, and repetition / Nancy Hunt -- The coolie: an unfinished epic / E. Valentine Daniel -- Empire's ruins: Detroit to the Amazon / Greg Grandin -- Living in ruins: degradations and regenerations -- Detritus in Durban: polluted environs and the biopolitics of refusal / Sharad Chari -- Ruins, redemption and Brazil's imperial exception / John Collins -- When a demolished house becomes a public square / Ariella Azoulay -- Anticipating the imperial future -- The void: invisible ruins on the edges of empire / Gastcentn Gordillo -- Engineering the future as nuclear ruin / Joseph Masco -- The future in ruins / Vyjayanthi Rao.
650 0 _aPostcolonialism.
650 0 _xSocial aspects.
700 1 _aStoler, Ann Laura.
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41934
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