How Much Should a Person Consume?: Environmentalism in India and the United States

by Ramachandra Guha

Book Overview

Based on research conducted over two decades, this accessible and deeply felt book provides a provocative comparative history of environmentalism in two large ecologically and culturally diverse democracies--India and the United States. Ramachandra Guha takes as his point of departure the dominant environmental philosophies in these two countries--identified as "agrarianism" in India and "wilderness thinking" in the U.S. Proposing an inclusive "social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520248058
• ISBN13: 9780520248052
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"