The Nutmeg's Curse
Parables for a Planet in Crisis
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Author
Publication
2021 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
87,500 words, Guess
Page Count
350 pages
Physical Format
[electronic resource] :
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL43847416M
- ISBN-139780226815466
- ISBN-100226815463
- OCLC Control Number1264473153
Classifications
- DDC363.738/74
- LCCJC359
Description
"The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis frames climate change and the Anthropocene as the culmination of a history that begins with the discovery of the New World and of the sea route to the Indian Ocean. Ghosh makes the case that the political dynamics of climate change today are rooted in the centuries-old geopolitical order that was constructed by Western colonialism. This argument is set within a broader narrative about human entanglements with botanical matter-spices, tea, sugarcane, opium, and fossil fuels-and the continuities that bind human history with these earthly materials. Ghosh also writes explicitly against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, and international immigration debates, among other pressing issues, framing these ongoing crises in a new way by showing how the colonialist extractive mindset is directly connected to the deep inequality we see around us today"--
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