Environmental History of Russia

Informationen zum Autor Paul Josephson is Professor of History at Colby College. A specialist in big science and technology in the twentieth century, he is the author of nine books on the history of science and technology and on human-nature interactions. Aleh Cherp is Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden. Ruben Mnatsakanian is a Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University and head of the Collaborating Centre of the Global Environmental Outlook Project launched by United Nations Environmental Programme. Nicolai Dronin is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Geography at Moscow State University. Dmitry Efremenko is Head of the Sociology Department at the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Vladislav Larin is a senior analyst, writer and researcher for the Russian Academy of Sciences' journal Energy: Economics, Technology, Ecology. Klappentext This environmental history of the former Soviet Union explores the impact that state economic development programs had on the environment. Zusammenfassung Based on original research and firsthand accounts! this book contains dynamic debates between party officials! scientists and citizens about how best to use the great natural and mineral resources of the USSR and the impact Soviet programs had on the empire's extensive biodiversity and numerous citizens. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From imperial to socialist nature preservation: environmental protection and resource development in the Russian empire, 1861-1925; 2. Stalinism, industry, agriculture and the environment; 3. The Khrushchev reforms, environmental politics, and the awakening of environmentalism, 1953-64; 4. Developed socialism, environmental degradation and the time of economic 'stagnation', 1964-85; 5. Gorbachev's reforms, the break-up of the USSR and the environmental policies of transition; Conclusion: 6. After the break-up of the USSR: inheriting the environmental legacy....

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• Authors: Aleh Cherp, Oleg Cherp, Cherp Aleh, Nicolai Dronin, Dronin Nicolai, Dmitry Efremenko, Efremenko Dmitry, Karl Hall, Paul Josephson, Paul R. Josephson, Paul R. Cherp Josephson, Vladislav Larin, Larin Vladislav, Ruben Mnatsakanian, Mnatsakanian Ruben
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2013
• EAN: 9780521869584
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86958-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Studies in Environment and His; Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, The environment, Environmental Economics, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union