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An acclaimed historian of the environment, Ramachandra Guha in thisbrbook draws on many years of research in three continents. He detailsbrthe major trends, ideas, campaigns and thinkers within the environmentalbrmovement worldwide. Among the thinkers he profiles are John Muir,brMahatma Gandhi, Rachel Carson, and Octavia Hill; among the movements,brthe Chipko Andolan and the German Greens. Environmentalism: A GlobalbrHistory documents the flow of ideas across cultures, the ways in whichbrthe environmental movement in one country has been invigorated orbrtransformed by infusions from outside. It interprets the different directionsbrtaken by different national traditions, and also explains why in certainbrcontexts (such as the former Socialist Bloc) the green movement is markedbronly by its absence. Massive in scope but pointed in analysis, writtenbrwith passion and verve, this book presents a comprehensive account ofbra significant social movement of our times, and will be of wide interestbrboth within and outside the academy. For this new edition, the author hasbradded a fresh prologue linking the book?s themes to ongoing debatesbron climate change and the environmental impacts of global economicbrdevelopment./spanb About the Author/bRamachandra Guha was raised in Dehradun and educated in Delhi andKolkata. Now based in Bangalore, he has previously taught at Yale,Stanford, Oslo, and the London School of Economics. He has pioneeredthree distinct fields of historical inquiry: environmental history (as in TheUnquiet Woods, 1989), the social history of sport (A Corner of a ForeignField, 2002), and contemporary history (India After Gandhi, 2007). His mostrecent book is a collection of essays, Patriots and Partisans, published byPenguin in 2012. His other books include Savaging the Civilized: VerrierElwin, His Tribals, and India (1999).Guha?s awards include the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Societyfor Environmental History, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and the PadmaBhushan. His books and essays have been translated into more thantwenty languages. In 2008, and again in 2013, Guha featured on Prospectmagazine?s list of the world?s most influential thinkers./p p/p
