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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

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-09-01
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt599 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEnvironment in History: International Perspectives
Antal sidor322
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781785332524

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AcknowledgmentsList of TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature and the East European ExperiencePaul JosephsonChapter 1. Kafkaesque Paradigms: The Stalinist Plan for the Transformation of Nature in CzechoslovakiaDoubravka Olšáková and Arnošt ŠtanzelChapter 2. Untamed Seedlings: Hungary and Stalin Plan for the Transformation of NatureZsuzsanna Borvendég and Mária PalasikChapter 3. The Conspiracy of Silence: Stalinist Plan for the Transformation of Nature in PolandBeata WysokińskaConclusion: Environmental History, East-European Societies and Totalitarian RegimesDoubravka OlšákováName IndexLocal IndexSubject Index

“The book makes a valuable contribution to the understudied environmental history of Central and Eastern Europe.” • H-Soz-Kult“This is a necessary book… the first monograph dedicated entirely to how [Stalin’s parallel] plans played out in the ‘people’s democracies’ of Eastern Europe during Stalin’s lifetime and beyond… Olsakova’s work is thus a significant addition to extant literature on environmental history and the twentieth century history of Eastern Europe.” • Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe“By focusing on the Eastern European experience, this book offers an original angle on the ‘Stalin Plan.’ Its case studies are substantial, covering a considerable amount of ground and presenting new empirical findings.” • Jonathan Oldfield, University of Birmingham