{"product_id":"in-the-name-of-the-great-work-stalins-plan-for-the-transformation-of-nature-and-its-impact-in-eastern-europe-9781785332524","title":"In the Name of the Great Work: Stalin's Plan for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tBeginning 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book makes a valuable contribution to the understudied environmental history of Central and Eastern Europe.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“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.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“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.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jonathan Oldfield\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Birmingham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature and the East European Experience\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Josephson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Kafkaesque Paradigms: The Stalinist Plan for the Transformation of Nature in Czechoslovakia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDoubravka Olšáková and Arnošt Štanzel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eUntamed Seedlings: Hungary and Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZsuzsanna Borvendég and Mária Palasik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Conspiracy of Silence: Stalinist Plan for the Transformation of Nature in Poland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBeata Wysokińska\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Environmental History, East-European Societies and Totalitarian Regimes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDoubravka Olšáková\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tName Index\u003cbr\u003e \tLocal Index\u003cbr\u003e \tSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042384019799,"sku":"9781785332524","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785332524.jpg?v=1750953999","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-name-of-the-great-work-stalins-plan-for-the-transformation-of-nature-and-its-impact-in-eastern-europe-9781785332524","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}