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A review by theliteraryescapade
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis by Tao Leigh Goffe
5.0
I'm grateful to Doubleday for the free ARC of this brilliant book.
Dark Laboratory traces today's climate crisis all the way back to the journey of Christopher Columbus to the Caribbean, and the birth of globalisation.
She examines the cascading effects of that world altering discovery on the whole of mankind, and more devastatingly on Mother Earth.
The author talks about annihilation of enclosed communities, the role of countries, devastating impacts of colonization, and the immense western experimentation, which slowly killed the very spirit of nature flourishing in its aura.
It deeply dissects the themes of Race, Colonialism, natural disasters and eventual environmental degradation.
Tao has put her soul in the book, and it's evident. The book is well researched, and the language flows, so it's easy to comprehend, and if you wish to know more about one of the most important and burning contemporary issues on the face of Earth, please read this one! Highly recommended.
Do read the Climate Prelude and Terminology section in the beginning of the book since it'll be like a reading guide and help in understanding the technological terms, and historical/geopolitical aspects associated with or mentioned throughout the book.
Dark Laboratory traces today's climate crisis all the way back to the journey of Christopher Columbus to the Caribbean, and the birth of globalisation.
She examines the cascading effects of that world altering discovery on the whole of mankind, and more devastatingly on Mother Earth.
The author talks about annihilation of enclosed communities, the role of countries, devastating impacts of colonization, and the immense western experimentation, which slowly killed the very spirit of nature flourishing in its aura.
It deeply dissects the themes of Race, Colonialism, natural disasters and eventual environmental degradation.
Tao has put her soul in the book, and it's evident. The book is well researched, and the language flows, so it's easy to comprehend, and if you wish to know more about one of the most important and burning contemporary issues on the face of Earth, please read this one! Highly recommended.
Do read the Climate Prelude and Terminology section in the beginning of the book since it'll be like a reading guide and help in understanding the technological terms, and historical/geopolitical aspects associated with or mentioned throughout the book.