'Empire of Rags and Bones' offers a fresh perspective on the history of the Third Reich and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Historicizing the much-championed ideal of zero waste, this book explains the connections between Nazi resource-thinking, imperial expansion, and racial purging.

Introduction -- Part I: Order. 1. The Nazi Waste Regime -- 2. Garbage Visionaries -- 3. Garbage Community -- Part II: Extraction. 4. Forged in Metal -- 5. Rag Farming -- 6. Waste Cycles -- Part III: Destruction. 7. Soap Bones -- 8. Bombed Out and Trashed In -- 9. Piles -- Conclusion: Hidden in Plain Sight.