Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction “The Rot Remains”: From Ruins to Ruination 1
5. Part I. Decompositions of Matter and Mind
6. 1. An Acoustic Register: Rape and Repetition in Congo 39
7. 2. The Coolie: An Unfinished Epic 67
8. 3. Empire’s Ruins: Detroit to the Amazon 115
9. Part II. Living in Ruins: Degradations and Regenerations
10. 4. Detritus in Durban: Polluted Environs and the Biopolitics of Refusal 131
11. 5. Ruins, Redemption, and Brazil’s Imperial Exception 162
12. 6. When a Demolished House Becomes a Public Square 194
13. Part III. Anticipating the Imperial Future
14. 7. The Void: Invisible Ruins on the Edges of Empire 227
15. 8. Engineering the Future as Nuclear Ruin 252
16. 9. The Future in Ruins 287
17. Bibliography 323
18. Contributors 355
19. Index 357