Speaking with nature: the origins of Indian environmentalism (Record no. 61731)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789362134905 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 304.20954 GUH |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Guha, Ramachandra |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Speaking with nature: the origins of Indian environmentalism |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Fourth Estate India, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxi, 407p.: |
| Other physical details | hbk.: |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Index and Notes |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>https://harpercollins.co.in/product/speaking-with-nature/ |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Sciences |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sociology & Anthropology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Factors Affecting Social Behavior |
| 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 | Environmentalism |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Urbanization and Industrialization. |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 13/02/2025 | Books India | 799.00 | 2 | 304.20954 GUH | 035125 | 22/08/2025 | 25/07/2025 | 1 | 799.00 | Books |
