Speaking with nature: The origins of Indian environmentalism (Record no. 357365)

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International Standard Book Number 9789362134905
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Classification number 954.04 GUH
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Personal name Guha, Ramachandra
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Title Speaking with nature: The origins of Indian environmentalism
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Fourth Estate
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
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Extent 407 p.
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Summary, etc. 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 gained currency as a term, 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, Speaking with Nature offers rich resources for considering the threat of climate change today.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element History of India
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Topical term or geographic name entry element India's Politics
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2025-03-20 1 954.04 GUH 177827 2025-02-17 799.00 2024-12-06 Books Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged     Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2024-12-06

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