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020			_a9780141993867
028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhi _c: 3274 _d: 28/08/2026
082			_a304.28 AMR
100			_aAmrith, Sunil.
245			_aThe Burning Earth _b: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years. _c/ Sunil Amrith.
260			_a, New Zealand _b: Penguin Books _c, 2024.
300			_a418p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b559.30
520			_aWinner 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.
650			_aEnvironmental History
650			_aHuman Ecology
650			_aEnvironmental Crisis
700			_aSunil Amrith.
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