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Author Gordillo, Gastón, author

Title Rubble : the afterlife of destruction / Gastón R. Gordillo
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2014
©2014
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Description 1 online resource ( xiii, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : constellations -- Part 1. Ghosts of Indians. A haunted frontier -- On the edge of the void -- Part 2. Lost cities. The destruction of space -- Land of curses and miracles -- The ruins of ruins -- Part 3. Residues of a dream world. Treks across fields of rubble -- Ships stranded in the forest -- Bringing a destroyed place back to life -- Railroads to nowhere -- Part 4. The debris of violence. Bright objects -- Topographies of oblivion -- Piles of bones -- The return of the Indians -- Conclusion : we aren't afraid of ruins
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Ruins, Modern -- Gran Chaco.
Rubble -- Gran Chaco.
Indians of South America -- Gran Chaco -- Government relations.
Collective memory -- Gran Chaco.
SUBJECT Gran Chaco http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87005541 -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822376903 (electronic bk.)
0822376903 (electronic bk.)