{"product_id":"speaking-with-nature-the-origins-of-indian-environmentalism-9780300278538","title":"Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world's leading historians comes the first substantial study of environmentalism set in any country outside the Euro-American world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamachandra Guha\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eIndia After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948\u003c\/i\u003e. Guha's awards include the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian studies. He lives in Bangalore.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901006516498,"sku":"9780300278538","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abf2463f-45ee-41de-951f-ba10f4242b6e.jpg?v=1738408777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/speaking-with-nature-the-origins-of-indian-environmentalism-9780300278538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}