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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780670095629 |
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
Terms of availability |
Purchased |
Note |
Mathrubhumi Books,Kaloor |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
363.73874 |
Item number |
AMI/NU |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Amitav Ghosh |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
NUTMEG'S CURSE : Parables for a Planet in Crisis |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1 |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
USA |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Allen Lane |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2021/01/01 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Size of unit |
339 |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Before the 18th century, every single nutmeg in the world originated around a group of small volcanic islands east of Java, known as the Banda Islands. As the nutmeg made its way across the known world, they became immensely valuable – in 16th century Europe, just a handful could buy a house. It was not long before European traders became conquerors, and the indigenous Bandanese communities – and the islands themselves – would pay a high price for access to this precious commodity. Yet the bloody fate of the Banda Islands forewarns of a threat to our present day.<br/><br/>Amitav Ghosh argues that the nutmeg’s violent trajectory from its native islands is revealing of a wider colonial mindset which justifies the exploitation of human life and the natural environment, and which dominates geopolitics to this day.<br/><br/>Written against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, and interweaving discussions on everything from climate change, the migrant crisis, and the animist spirituality of indigenous communities around the world, The Nutmeg’s Curse offers a sharp critique of Western society, and reveals the profoundly remarkable ways in which human history is shaped by non-human forces. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climate Change |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Global warming |
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Social Change equality |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Imperialism |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
16th Century |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
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Koha item type |
Lending |
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