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Introduction: The biopolitics of waste
pt. I. Antebellum roots : Thomas Jefferson's ideal ; The decay of the old
pt. II. New constructions : Searching for order ; "How do you make them so clean and white?"
pt. III. Material consequences : Dirty work, dirty workers ; Waste and space reordered
pt. IV. Assimilation and resistance : Out of waste into whiteness ; "We are tired of being at the bottom"
Conclusion: A dirty history.
pt. I. Antebellum roots : Thomas Jefferson's ideal ; The decay of the old
pt. II. New constructions : Searching for order ; "How do you make them so clean and white?"
pt. III. Material consequences : Dirty work, dirty workers ; Waste and space reordered
pt. IV. Assimilation and resistance : Out of waste into whiteness ; "We are tired of being at the bottom"
Conclusion: A dirty history.