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The Nature of Soviet Power
An Arctic Environmental History
Seiten
2016
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14471-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14471-2 (ISBN)
During the twentieth century, the Soviet Union turned the Kola Peninsula into one of the most populated, industrialized, militarized, and polluted parts of the Arctic. This in-depth exploration of five industries in the region examines cultural perceptions of nature, plans for development, lived experiences, and modifications to the physical world.
During the twentieth century, the Soviet Union turned the Kola Peninsula in the northwest corner of the country into one of the most populated, industrialized, militarized, and polluted parts of the Arctic. This transformation suggests, above all, that environmental relations fundamentally shaped the Soviet experience. Interactions with the natural world both enabled industrial livelihoods and curtailed socialist promises. Nature itself was a participant in the communist project. Taking a long-term comparative perspective, The Nature of Soviet Power sees Soviet environmental history as part of the global pursuit for unending economic growth among modern states. This in-depth exploration of railroad construction, the mining and processing of phosphorus-rich apatite, reindeer herding, nickel and copper smelting, and energy production in the region examines Soviet cultural perceptions of nature, plans for development, lived experiences, and modifications to the physical world. While Soviet power remade nature, nature also remade Soviet power.
During the twentieth century, the Soviet Union turned the Kola Peninsula in the northwest corner of the country into one of the most populated, industrialized, militarized, and polluted parts of the Arctic. This transformation suggests, above all, that environmental relations fundamentally shaped the Soviet experience. Interactions with the natural world both enabled industrial livelihoods and curtailed socialist promises. Nature itself was a participant in the communist project. Taking a long-term comparative perspective, The Nature of Soviet Power sees Soviet environmental history as part of the global pursuit for unending economic growth among modern states. This in-depth exploration of railroad construction, the mining and processing of phosphorus-rich apatite, reindeer herding, nickel and copper smelting, and energy production in the region examines Soviet cultural perceptions of nature, plans for development, lived experiences, and modifications to the physical world. While Soviet power remade nature, nature also remade Soviet power.
Andy Bruno is Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Faculty Associate in Environmental Studies at Northern Illinois University.
1. Nature and power in the Soviet North; 2. Assimilation and conquest; 3. Stalinism as an ecosystem; 4. Deep in the tundra; 5. Scarring the beautiful surroundings; 6. Transforming but not transcending; 7. The life of the Soviet environment.
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studies in Environment and History |
Zusatzinfo | 10 Halftones, unspecified; 10 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 580 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-107-14471-X / 110714471X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-14471-2 / 9781107144712 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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