In the Name of the Great Work : : Stalin's Plan for the Transformation of Nature and its Impact in Eastern Europe / / ed. by Doubravka Olšáková.
Beginning in 1948, the Soviet Union launched a series of wildly ambitious projects to implement Joseph Stalin’s vision of a total “transformation of nature.” Intended to increase agricultural yields dramatically, this utopian impulse quickly spread to the newly communist states of Eastern Europe, ca...
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In the Name of the Great Work : Stalin's Plan for the Transformation of Nature and its Impact in Eastern Europe / ed. by Doubravka Olšáková. New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (322 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Environment in History: International Perspectives ; 10 Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature, and the East European Experience -- CHAPTER 1 Kafkaesque Paradigms: The Stalinist Plan for the Transformation of Nature in Czechoslovakia -- CHAPTER 2 Untamed Seedlings: Hungary and Stalin’s Plan for the Transformation of Nature -- CHAPTER 3 The Conspiracy of Silence: The Stalinist Plan for the Transformation of Nature in Poland -- Conclusion: Environmental History, East European Societies, and Totalitarian Regimes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Beginning in 1948, the Soviet Union launched a series of wildly ambitious projects to implement Joseph Stalin’s vision of a total “transformation of nature.” Intended to increase agricultural yields dramatically, this utopian impulse quickly spread to the newly communist states of Eastern Europe, captivating political elites and war-fatigued publics alike. By the time of Stalin’s death, however, these attempts at “transformation”—which relied upon ideologically corrupted and pseudoscientific theories—had proven a spectacular failure. This richly detailed volume follows the history of such projects in three communist states—Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia—and explores their varied, but largely disastrous, consequences. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Nov 2022) Environmental degradation Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Environmental impact analysis Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Environmental policy Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Environmental policy Soviet Union History. Nature Effect of human beings on Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Social change Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Socialism Environmental aspects Europe, Eastern History 20th century. HISTORY / Europe / Eastern. bisacsh Borvendég, Zsuzsanna, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Josephson, Paul, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Olšáková, Doubravka, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Olšáková, Doubravka, editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Palasik, Mária, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Wysokińska, Beata, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Štanzel, Arnošt, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110998221 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785332531?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785332531 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781785332531/original |
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