In the Name of the Great Work - Stalin's Plan for the Transformation of Nature and its Impact in Eastern Europe (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Environment in History: International Perspectives
Release date:	June 2019
Editors:	Doubravka Olsakova
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-1-78920-502-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	1-78920-502-6
Barcode:	9781789205022

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