{"product_id":"the-nutmegs-curse-parables-for-a-planet-in-crisis-9780226823959","title":"The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this ambitious successor to \u003ci\u003eThe Great Derangement, \u003c\/i\u003eacclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh's new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean.\u003ci\u003e The Nutmeg's Curse \u003c\/i\u003eargues that the dynamics of climate change today are rooted in a centuries-old geopolitical order constructed by Western colonialism. At the center of Ghosh's narrative is the now-ubiquitous spice nutmeg. The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation--of both human life and the natural environment. In Ghosh's hands, the story of the nutmeg becomes a parable for our environmental crisis, revealing the ways human history has always been entangled with earthly materials such as spices, tea, sugarcane, opium, and fossil fuels. Our crisis, he shows, is ultimately the result of a mechanistic view of the earth, where nature exists only as a resource for humans to use for our own ends, rather than a force of its own, full of agency and meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Writing against the backdrop of the global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, Ghosh frames these historical stories in a way that connects our shared colonial histories with the deep inequality we see around us today. By interweaving discussions on everything from the global history of the oil trade to the migrant crisis and the animist spirituality of Indigenous communities around the world, \u003ci\u003eThe Nutmeg's Curse\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sharp critique of Western society and speaks to the profoundly remarkable ways in which human history is shaped by non-human forces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10363039\"\u003eAmitav Ghosh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226823959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226823954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT011000\"\u003eEnvironmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL045000\"\u003eColonialism \u0026amp; Post-Colonialism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT025010\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Historical Events\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmitav Ghosh\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and essayist whose many books include the acclaimed Ibis Trilogy (\u003ci\u003eSea of Poppies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiver of Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlood of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e), Gun Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sundarban\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44477390291181,"sku":"9780226823959","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_c03b0590-6ea3-4cf8-bd71-ca7aac90e557.jpg?v=1747509289","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-nutmegs-curse-parables-for-a-planet-in-crisis-9780226823959","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}