Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation, and Cultural Revolution in Soviet RussiaUniversity of Pittsburgh Pre, 15 aug. 2000 - 324 sidor Models of Nature studies the early and turbulent years of the Soviet conservation movement from the October Revolution to the mid-1930s—Lenin's rule to the rise of Stalin. This new edition includes an afterword by the author that reflects upon the study's impact and discusses advances in the field since the book was first published. |
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The Limits to Growth | 40 |
The Goskomitet and the Zapovedniki | 53 |
Models of Nature The Zapouedniki and Community Ecology | 64 |
The Conservation Congress of 1929 | 85 |
The Cultural Revolution Comes to Biology | 121 |
Conservation without Ecology Nature Protection in the Age of Lysenko | 211 |
Conclusion | 229 |
Afterword to the Paperback Edition | 239 |
APPENDICES | 251 |
Zapovedniki of the USSR in 1933 | 256 |
ACRONYMS | 261 |
GLOSSARY | 263 |
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY | 264 |
Protective Coloration | 134 |
Conservation and the FiveYear Plan | 149 |
The Great Transformation of Nature | 164 |
Engineers of Nature | 178 |
The First AllUnion Conservation Congress | 194 |
NOTES | 266 |
SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY | 301 |
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Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation, and Cultural Revolution in Soviet ... Douglas R. Weiner Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1988 |
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Sida 9 - KHROUSCHOV : Cut forests, when it is a matter of urgency, you may, but it is time to stop destroying them. Every Russian forest is cracking under the axe, millions of trees are perishing, the abodes of beasts and birds are being ravaged, rivers are becoming shallow and drying up, wonderful landscapes are disappearing without leaving a trace; and all this because lazy man has not got the sense to stoop to pick up fuel from the ground. One must be a barbarian...
Sida 38 - no previous government in history was so openly and energetically in favor of science
Sida viii - In what will be a surprise to many, through the early 1930s the Soviet Union was on the cutting edge of conservation theory and practice.