The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years
Author: Sunil Amrith
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About This Book‘Dazzling… brilliant… exactly the kind of history that we need on our crisis-ridden planet’ - Tom Simpson, TLS*Winner of the the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction 2025**Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize 2025* In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and its costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Spanish silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He explores the railways and highways that brought humans to new terrains of battle against each other and against nature. Amrith’s account of the ways in which the First and Second World Wars involved the massive mobilization not only of men, but of other natural resources from around the globe, provides an essential new way of understanding war as an irreversible reshaping of the planet. He also reveals the reality of migration as consequence of environmental harm. The imperial, globe-spanning pursuit of profit, joined with new forms of energy and new possibilities of freedom from hunger and discomfort, freedom to move and explore, has brought change to every inch of the Earth. Amrith relates, on the largest canvas, a mind-altering epic – vibrant with stories, characters, and vivid images – in which humanity might find the collective wisdom to save itself. Read moreBook DetailsAuthor: Sunil AmrithPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd (25 September 2025); Penguin Random House Ireland Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.ukFormat: Paperback – 25 September 2025Language: EnglishPages: 432ISBN: 978-0141993867Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.5 x 19.6 cmWeight: 310 g
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- English • Paperback – 25 September 2025
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About This Book‘Dazzling… brilliant… exactly the kind of history that we need on our crisis-ridden planet’ - Tom Simpson, TLS*Winner of the the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction 2025**Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize 2025* In this paradigm-shifting global history of how...
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Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book for the way it makes the climate crisis feel urgent, human, and deeply historical. Sunil Amrith connects empires, wars, extraction, and everyday life to show how the modern world was built by reshaping the Earth itself. Richly researched yet powerfully written, it helps you see today’s environmental breakdown not as an accident, but as the legacy of choices made over centuries—and invites you to rethink humanity’s future with clarity and empathy.
- Published by Penguin Books Ltd (25 September 2025); Penguin Random House Ireland Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.uk.
- Language: English.
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About This Book‘Dazzling… brilliant… exactly the kind of history that we need on our crisis-ridden planet’ - Tom Simpson, TLS*Winner of the the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction 2025**Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize 2025* In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and its costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Spanish silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia....
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