{"product_id":"history-4-celsius-9781478008392","title":"History 4 Celsius","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Baucom puts black studies into conversation with climate change, outlining how the ongoing concerns of critical race, diaspora, and postcolonial studies are crucial to understanding the Anthropocene and vice versa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Giving a conceptual and timely empirical account of the Anthropocene and the problem it presents for the scale of history, Ian Baucom combines intellectual provocation with a series of fascinating insights from the sciences all while taking seriously the imaginative and conceptual challenges that the sciences pose to the humanities. \u003ci\u003eHistory 4° Celsius\u003c\/i\u003e will be a major book for the humanities in general. I was enthralled reading it.” -- Claire Colebrook, author of * Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction, Volume 1 *\u003cbr\u003e“Empirically grounded, theoretically nimble and nuanced, generous toward those whose ideas he opposes and yet resolute in his opposition, Ian Baucom develops in this book a powerful, self-reflexive, and original approach to questions of methods in the emergent field of Anthropocene humanities. His argument will deeply interest postcolonial critics and other humanists as they ponder and negotiate the planetary environmental crises that so mark our times. An exemplary and thoughtful contribution.” -- Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of * The Crises of Civilization: Exploring Global and Planetary Histories *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHistory 4° Celsius\u003c\/i\u003e is a complexly argued book that adds to the many interesting humanistic perspectives on the Anthropocene circulating today.” -- Sean M. Smith * H-Slavery, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e 1. Of Forces and Forcings  1\u003cbr\u003e 2. History 4° Celsius: Search for a Method  35\u003cbr\u003e 3. The View from the Shore  73\u003cbr\u003e Coda. The Youngest Day  110\u003cbr\u003e Notes  119\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  131\u003cbr\u003e Index  137\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408983662935,"sku":"9781478008392","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478008392.jpg?v=1730504964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/history-4-celsius-9781478008392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}