Floating Coast
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780393358322 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Publishing Date | 25/08/2020 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €18.77 |
| Tax | €1.13 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €19.90 |
| Availability | 1 unit in external warehouse |
Product Description
Across Russia’s easternmost shores and through the territories of the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, Bathsheba Demuth reveals how, over 150 years, people turned ecological wealth in a remote region into economic growth and state power. Beginning in the 1840s, capitalism and then communism, with their ideas of progress, transformed the area around the Bering Strait into a historical experiment in remaking ecosystems. Rendered even more urgent in a warming climate, Floating Coast is a profoundly resonant tale of the impact that human needs and ambitions have brought (and will continue to bring) to a finite planet. • Shortlisted for the The Pushkin House Book Prize 2020.