The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis - Amitav Ghosh

The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis - Amitav Ghosh'Do not miss this book' NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes Everything The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation of both human life and the natural environment and the origin of our contemporary climate crisis. Tracing the threats to our future to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean, The Nutmeg's Curse argues that the dynamics of climate change are rooted in a centuries old geopolitical order

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