An incredibly rich work on colonialism and climate change. Using the story of the nutmeg and the colonization of Indonesia's Banda islands, the author zooms in and out of specific places and historical moments to describe how colonialism, racism, and climate change are intimately entwined. In this work, spices, oceans, volcanos, animals, and plants are not passive subjects of colonialism, instead they take an active role and compel people and other animals to act in specific ways. With this emphasis on the more-than-human, the author demonstrates how far-flung places and different historical epochs that might seem far apart are connected more thoroughly than we think. Ultimately, the book makes a case for telling new stories about climate change, away from the view of CC as a technical / economic challenge. The book has a fantastic list of references and a very rich bibliography for those that want to dig further.

Will have to read it again.