Title: Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation, and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia
Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0253338379
ISBN 13: 9780253338372
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Focusing on the period from the October Revolution to the mid-1930s, this work studies the divergence between the growing ecological movement in Soviet Russia and the state's social and economic policies. The book offers a view of both sides of the dispute.

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Douglas R. Weiner treats conservation the main topic of this book as a complex phenomenon molded by government policies, scientific ideas, cultural values, and ideological tenets. He concentrates on the Soviet period from the October Revolution to the consolidation of Stalinist rule in the mid-1930s. . . . Thoroughly documented and firmly integrated, this book is a major contribution to the history of Soviet science, politics, and culture.
"--American Historical Review""

"Douglas R. Weiner treats conservation--the main topic of this book--as a complex phenomenon molded by government policies, scientific ideas, cultural values, and ideological tenets. He concentrates on the Soviet period from the October Revolution to the consolidation of Stalinist rule in the mid-1930s. . . . Thoroughly documented and firmly integrated, this book is a major contribution to the history of Soviet science, politics, and culture."
--American Historical Review

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