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100 1 _aGuha, Ramachandra
245 1 0 _aSpeaking with nature :
_bthe origins of Indian environmentalism
_cby Ramachandra Guha
260 _aGurugram :
_bHarperCollins,
_c©2024
300 _axxxi, 406 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _t1. The myriad-minded environmentalist
505 _t2. Ecological Sociologist
505 _t3. Gandhi's Economist
505 _t4. Scottish Internationalist
505 _t5. Dissenting Scientists
505 _t6. Gandhi's Englishwoman
505 _t7. Culture in nature
505 _t8.The first hindutva environmentalist
505 _tSpeaking for nature
505 _tEpilogue: A partially usable past?
520 _a"By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, "too poor to be green." In this deeply researched book, Ramachandra Guha challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the global movement set far outside Europe or America. Long before the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and well before climate change, ten remarkable individuals wrote with deep insight about the dangers of environmental abuse from within an Indian context. In strikingly contemporary language, Rabindranath Tagore, Radhakamal Mukerjee, J. C. Kumarappa, Patrick Geddes, Albert and Gabrielle Howard, Mira, Verrier Elwin, K. M. Munshi, and M. Krishnan wrote about the forest and the wild, soil and water, urbanization and industrialization. Positing the idea of what Guha calls "livelihood environmentalism" in contrast to the "full-stomach environmentalism" of the affluent world, these writers, activists, and scientists played a pioneering role in shaping global conversations about humanity's relationship with nature. Spanning more than a century of Indian history, and decidedly transnational in reference, this book offers rich resources for considering the threat of climate change today"--
650 _aIndia -- Envirnoment
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_cBK
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