The Burning Earth

‘Stunningly written … This global history of the environment of the last 500 years … shows that the other side of the coin called progress is destruction. Amrith writes like the finest novelist’ - Neel Mukherjee, New Statesman, Books of the Year‘Dazzling… brilliant… exactly the kind of history that we need on our crisis-ridden planet’ - Tom Simpson, TLS‘A must-read… an engaging guide, with a lyrical style and a talent for storytelling... beautifully and clearly written’ - Michael Marshall, New ScientistIn 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.