Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword: The pain of apoisoned world ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Prologue xvii
6. Introduction: Knowing Nature 1
7. 1 The Agency of Insects 22
8. 2 The Agency of Chemicals 45
9. 3 Copper Mining and Ecological Collapse 71
10. 4 Engineering Pain in the Jinzū River Basin 108
11. 5 Mercury’s Offspring 137
12. 6 Hell at the HŌjŌ Colliery 176
13. Conclusion 211
14. Notes 225
15. Works Cited 251
16. Index 271