Burning Earth

''This bleak, stunningly written book shows that the other side of the coin called progress is destruction. Amrith writes like the finest novelist, and his grasp of a mind-boggling expanse of material is deeply impressive'' - Neel Mukherjee, New Statesman

''Sunil Amrith has given us the most readable global environmental history yet... a towering achievement and a joy to read'' - J. R. McNeill

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