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

• Pubblicazione: New York; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 311 pages)
• Disciplina: 509
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Environmental policy - Soviet Union - History; Socialism - Environmental aspects - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Nature - Effect of human beings on - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Environmental impact analysis - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Environmental degradation - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Social change - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Europe, Eastern - Environmental conditions - History - 20th century; Europe, Eastern - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Environmental conditions History 20th century; Europe, Eastern Social conditions 20th century
• Classificazione: NQ 8273
• Persona (resp. second.): BorvendégZsuzsanna; JosephsonPaul; OlšákováDoubravka; PalasikMária; WysokińskaBeata; ŠtanzelArnošt
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: In the Name of the Great Work
• ISBN: 1-78920-502-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792523103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II