The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years - Paperback
by Sunil Amrith
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Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9781324111276ISBN-10:1324111275UPC:9781324111276Book Category:History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:World, Economic History, ModernSize:8.26 x 5.54 x 1.06 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCYME0NKR1
The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years
In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Spanish silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9781324111276ISBN-10:1324111275UPC:9781324111276Book Category:History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:World, Economic History, ModernSize:8.26 x 5.54 x 1.06 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCYME0NKR1
Amrith, Sunil: - Sunil Amrith is the Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History and Professor of the Environment at Yale University. He is the author of five books and recipient of multiple awards, including a MacArthur "genius" fellowship and the 2024 Fukuoka Prize.
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