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In this insightful and devastating book, Ghosh explores mechanistic, colonial attitudes toward Earth as exemplified by the Dutch takeover of Banda Besar, an island that was once the world's only source of nutmeg, then an immensely valuable spice. When did we collectively decide that it is human nature to destroy, exploit, and reap maximum profit, that financial gain justifies violence against nature and against each other? Powerful and haunting.
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