1. Thomas Jefferson’s Ideal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Biopolitics of Waste 1
5. Part I. Antebellum Roots
6. 1. Thomas Jefferson’s Ideal 9
7. 2. The Decay of the Old 27
8. Part II. New Constructions
9. 3. Searching for Order 51
10. 4. “How Do You Make Them So Clean and White?” 79
11. Part III. Material Consequences
12. 5. Dirty Work, Dirty Workers 109
13. 6. Waste and Space Reordered 137
14. Part IV. Assimilation and Resistance
15. 7. Out of Waste into Whiteness 169
16. 8. “We Are Tired of Being at the Bottom” 192
17. Conclusion: A Dirty History 217
18. Notes 223
19. Bibliography 243
20. Index 263
21. About the Author 275