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A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev
Douglas R. Weiner
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Description for A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev
Paperback. Tells how organized participation in nature protection provided an arena for affirming and perpetuating self-generated social identities in the USSR and preserving a counterculture whose legacy survives today. Num Pages: 570 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPFC; JPH; JPQB; JPVH2; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
While researching Russia's historical efforts to protect nature, Douglas Weiner unearthed unexpected findings: a trail of documents that raised fundamental questions about the Soviet political system. These surprising documents attested to the unlikely survival of a critical-minded, scientist-led movement through the Stalin years and beyond. It appeared that, within scientific societies, alternative visions of land use, resrouce exploitation, habitat protection, and development were sustained and even publicly advocated. In sharp contrast to known Soviet practices, these scientific societies prided themselves on their traditions of free elections, foreign contacts, and a pre-revolutionary heritage. Weiner portrays nature protection activists not as do-or-die ... Read more
While researching Russia's historical efforts to protect nature, Douglas Weiner unearthed unexpected findings: a trail of documents that raised fundamental questions about the Soviet political system. These surprising documents attested to the unlikely survival of a critical-minded, scientist-led movement through the Stalin years and beyond. It appeared that, within scientific societies, alternative visions of land use, resrouce exploitation, habitat protection, and development were sustained and even publicly advocated. In sharp contrast to known Soviet practices, these scientific societies prided themselves on their traditions of free elections, foreign contacts, and a pre-revolutionary heritage. Weiner portrays nature protection activists not as do-or-die ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
Number of Pages
570
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520232136
SKU
V9780520232136
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About Douglas R. Weiner
Douglas R. Weiner is Professor of History at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia (1988; paperback edition, 2000)
Reviews for A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev
"Weiner's divination and analysis of the archival materials of not only academic institutions and conservation organizations but also of the Communist Party and governments of Russia and the Soviet Union is extensive. His material brings to light activists affirming divergent opinions and fighting for personal and professional interests within the Soviet system, even during the Stalin era." - D.J. Peterson, ... Read more