The Burning Earth (Record no. 70688)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780141993867
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd.
Distributor address : B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : 3274
Bill Date : 28/08/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 304.28 AMR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Amrith, Sunil.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Burning Earth
Remainder of title : An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Sunil Amrith.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New Zealand
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Penguin Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2024.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 418p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 559.30
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Winner of the British Academy Book Prize 2025**Winner of the the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction 2025* ‘Dazzling… brilliant… exactly the kind of history that we need on our crisis-ridden planet’ - Tom Simpson, TLSIn this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and its 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 explores the railways and highways that brought humans to new terrains of battle against each other and against nature. Amrith’s account of the ways in which the First and Second World Wars involved the massive mobilization not only of men, but of other natural resources from around the globe, provides an essential new way of understanding war as an irreversible reshaping of the planet. He also reveals the reality of migration as consequence of environmental harm. The imperial, globe-spanning pursuit of profit, joined with new forms of energy and new possibilities of freedom from hunger and discomfort, freedom to move and explore, has brought change to every inch of the Earth. Amrith relates, on the largest canvas, a mind-altering epic – vibrant with stories, characters, and vivid images – in which humanity might find the collective wisdom to save itself.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental History
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human Ecology
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental Crisis
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sunil Amrith.
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Koha item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 03/09/2026 Raghav Books Pvt. Ptd. 559.30   304.28 AMR 31712 03/09/2026 03/09/2026 Books
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