04514nam 22007335 450 991079252310332120221107062033.01-78920-502-610.1515/9781785332531(CKB)3710000001060328(MiAaPQ)EBC4415192(DE-B1597)637395(DE-B1597)9781785332531(EXLCZ)99371000000106032820221107h20162016 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn the Name of the Great Work Stalin's Plan for the Transformation of Nature and its Impact in Eastern Europe /ed. by Doubravka OlšákováNew York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2016]©20161 online resource (x, 311 pages)Environment in History: International Perspectives ;101-78533-252-X 1-78533-253-8 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 -- IndexBeginning 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.Environmental policyEurope, EasternHistory20th centuryEnvironmental policySoviet UnionHistorySocialismEnvironmental aspectsEurope, EasternHistory20th centuryNatureEffect of human beings onEurope, EasternHistory20th centuryEnvironmental impact analysisEurope, EasternHistory20th centuryEnvironmental degradationEurope, EasternHistory20th centurySocial changeEurope, EasternHistory20th centuryEurope, EasternEnvironmental conditionsHistory20th centuryEurope, EasternSocial conditions20th centuryEurope, EasternEnvironmental conditionsHistory20th centuryEurope, EasternSocial conditions20th centuryEnvironmental policyHistoryEnvironmental policyHistory.SocialismEnvironmental aspectsHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onHistoryEnvironmental impact analysisHistoryEnvironmental degradationHistorySocial changeHistoryEurope, EasternEnvironmental conditionsHistoryEurope, EasternSocial conditions509NQ 8273rvkBorvendég Zsuzsanna, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbJosephson Paul, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbOlšáková Doubravka, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbOlšáková Doubravka, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtPalasik Mária, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbWysokińska Beata, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbŠtanzel Arnošt, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910792523103321In the Name of the Great Work3720555UNINA