Models Of Nature: Ecology, Conservation, and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia

by Douglas Weiner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822957331
Publisher:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date:	07/21/2000
Series:	Russian and East European Studies
Edition description:	1
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Douglas R. Weiner is professor of history at the University of Arizona, and the author of A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev. He was awarded the book prize of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, Russia's oldest scientific society, for the Russian edition of Models of Nature.

Editorial Reviews

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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