The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

by Amitav Ghosh

Book Overview

In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.

A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh's new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226823954
• ISBN13: 9780226823959
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"