01583nam a2200157   4500001000500000005001700005020001500022100002300037245009700060250001200157260004000169300001100209520112400220650004901344650003201393296620181127170145.000a817824220600aGuha, Ramachandra.00aHow much should a person consume? :bThinking through the environment /cRamachandra Guha.h00a1st ed.00aRanikhet :bPermanent Black,c2008.00a262 p.  aBased 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 ecology" framework that goes beyond  these partisan ideologies, Guha arrives at a richer  understanding of controversies over large dams, state  forests, wildlife reserves, and more. He offers trenchant  critiques of privileged and isolationist proponents of  conservation, persuasively arguing for biospheres that  care as much for humans as for other species. He also  provides profiles of three remarkable environmental  thinkers and activists�Lewis Mumford, Chandi Prasad  Bhatt, and Madhav Gadgil. Finally, the author asks the  fundamental environmental question�how much should a  person or country consume?�and explores a range of  answers.  aEnvironmentalism -- United States.vxyz200aEnvironmentalism --India.x