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Plough that Broke the Steppes Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914

Moon David
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198722878
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
482 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
340

Forfatter
Moon David

Biografisk notat

David Moon is a specialist on Russian history. In recent years his research has focused on environmental history in a transnational context. He combines conventional historical research in archives and libraries with field work in the environments he studies. He has spent much of his career teaching at universities in the north of England and Scotland. He also has extensive experience of both Russia and the USA. He studied for a year at Leningrad State University in what was then the Soviet Union, and makes regular visits to Russia and Ukraine, including the steppe region, for research and field work.

Plough that Broke the Steppes Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914

Moon David
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
Moon David
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
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Rare is the book that casts Russian history in an almost wholly new light.

Financial Times 2013 Books of the Year

Moon's book is an extremely important contribution to Russian and environmental histories, and can be used in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses.

Mark Bernard Tauger, American Historical Review

With this book, David Moon contributes significantly to the environmental history of the Russian and Soviet empires ... The book is thoroughly supported by extensive archival, journal and other research. I recommend it for students of European history, environmental history, Russian history and agricultural history.

Paul Josephson, European History Quarterly

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The Plough That Broke the Steppes is an important contribution to the global history of grassland ... Moon's work is both immensely readable and scholarly with a broad historical sweep and interdisciplinary scope. He brings life to scholarly, scientific, and practical agricultural debates on the steppes

Elizabeth Walden, Environmental History

This stimulating book is the first environmental history of the Russian steppe, a flat plain that stretches from Western Russia to Mongolia, north of the Black and Caspian Seas ... Recommended.

N.M. Brooks, CHOICE

In this impressively researched and compellingly argued book, David Moon elevates this problem of what to do with the fertile yet fragile belt of grasslands in Russia's south to one of the enduring 'cursed questions' of the country's history ... Throughout the book Moon evokes his personal experiences on the steppe. These environmental encounters clearly aided his historical thinking and provide vivid examples for the reader. Coming to know the grasslands themselves helped him write this insightful and lasting contribution to environmental and imperial Russian history.

Andy Bruno, History

In the context of current discussions on the causes of climate change and the search for sustainable forms of agriculture, this work is a credit.

Katja Bruisch, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas

yet another wonderful and ground-breaking book from David Moon ... Throughout, Moon retains a moderate and scientific tone.

Christopher Read, English Historical Review

This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from central Europe. By the late-nineteenth century, they had turned the steppes into the bread basket of the Russian Empire and parts of Europe. But there was another side to this story. The steppe region was hit by recurring droughts, winds from the east whipped up dust storms, the fertile black earth suffered severe erosion, crops failed, and in the worst years there was famine. David Moon analyses how naturalists and scientists came to understand the steppe environment, including the origins of the fertile black earth. He also analyses how scientists tried to understand environmental change, including climate change. Farmers, and the scientists who advised them, tried different ways to deal with the recurring droughts: planting trees, irrigation, and cultivating the soil. More sustainable, however, were techniques of cultivation to retain scarce moisture in the soil. Among the pioneers were Mennonite settlers. Such approaches aimed to work with the environment, rather than trying to change it by planting trees or supplying more water artificially. The story is similar to the Dust Bowl on the Great Plains of the USA, which share a similar environment and environmental history. David Moon places the story of the steppes in the wider context of the environmental history of European colonialism around the globe.
Les mer
This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. David Moon focuses on the settlement of migrants from central Russia, Ukraine, and central Europe, and analyses how naturalists and scientists came to understand the steppe environment, including the origins of the fertile black earth.
Les mer
PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE STEPPE ENVIRONMENT; PART II: UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PART III: COMBATING THE STEPPE ENVIRONMENT?
`Rare is the book that casts Russian history in an almost wholly new light.' Financial Times 2013 Books of the Year
The first scholarly environmental history of Russia prior to the twentieth century Written in the wider contexts of the environmental history of the Great Plains of the USA and of European colonialism, so offers specialists in these fields the opportunity to relate their research to the relatively little-known experience of the Russian Empire Based on original research in archives and little-used printed sources, and on field work in the steppe region Offers a detailed historical analysis of debates over human impact on the environment, so provides an historical perspective to current debates
Les mer
David Moon is a specialist on Russian history. In recent years his research has focused on environmental history in a transnational context. He combines conventional historical research in archives and libraries with field work in the environments he studies. He has spent much of his career teaching at universities in the north of England and Scotland. He also has extensive experience of both Russia and the USA. He studied for a year at Leningrad State University in what was then the Soviet Union, and makes regular visits to Russia and Ukraine, including the steppe region, for research and field work.
Les mer
The first scholarly environmental history of Russia prior to the twentieth century Written in the wider contexts of the environmental history of the Great Plains of the USA and of European colonialism, so offers specialists in these fields the opportunity to relate their research to the relatively little-known experience of the Russian Empire Based on original research in archives and little-used printed sources, and on field work in the steppe region Offers a detailed historical analysis of debates over human impact on the environment, so provides an historical perspective to current debates
Les mer

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Rare is the book that casts Russian history in an almost wholly new light.

Financial Times 2013 Books of the Year

Moon's book is an extremely important contribution to Russian and environmental histories, and can be used in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses.

Mark Bernard Tauger, American Historical Review

With this book, David Moon contributes significantly to the environmental history of the Russian and Soviet empires ... The book is thoroughly supported by extensive archival, journal and other research. I recommend it for students of European history, environmental history, Russian history and agricultural history.

Paul Josephson, European History Quarterly

Se alle

The Plough That Broke the Steppes is an important contribution to the global history of grassland ... Moon's work is both immensely readable and scholarly with a broad historical sweep and interdisciplinary scope. He brings life to scholarly, scientific, and practical agricultural debates on the steppes

Elizabeth Walden, Environmental History

This stimulating book is the first environmental history of the Russian steppe, a flat plain that stretches from Western Russia to Mongolia, north of the Black and Caspian Seas ... Recommended.

N.M. Brooks, CHOICE

In this impressively researched and compellingly argued book, David Moon elevates this problem of what to do with the fertile yet fragile belt of grasslands in Russia's south to one of the enduring 'cursed questions' of the country's history ... Throughout the book Moon evokes his personal experiences on the steppe. These environmental encounters clearly aided his historical thinking and provide vivid examples for the reader. Coming to know the grasslands themselves helped him write this insightful and lasting contribution to environmental and imperial Russian history.

Andy Bruno, History

In the context of current discussions on the causes of climate change and the search for sustainable forms of agriculture, this work is a credit.

Katja Bruisch, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas

yet another wonderful and ground-breaking book from David Moon ... Throughout, Moon retains a moderate and scientific tone.

Christopher Read, English Historical Review

This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from central Europe. By the late-nineteenth century, they had turned the steppes into the bread basket of the Russian Empire and parts of Europe. But there was another side to this story. The steppe region was hit by recurring droughts, winds from the east whipped up dust storms, the fertile black earth suffered severe erosion, crops failed, and in the worst years there was famine. David Moon analyses how naturalists and scientists came to understand the steppe environment, including the origins of the fertile black earth. He also analyses how scientists tried to understand environmental change, including climate change. Farmers, and the scientists who advised them, tried different ways to deal with the recurring droughts: planting trees, irrigation, and cultivating the soil. More sustainable, however, were techniques of cultivation to retain scarce moisture in the soil. Among the pioneers were Mennonite settlers. Such approaches aimed to work with the environment, rather than trying to change it by planting trees or supplying more water artificially. The story is similar to the Dust Bowl on the Great Plains of the USA, which share a similar environment and environmental history. David Moon places the story of the steppes in the wider context of the environmental history of European colonialism around the globe.
Les mer
This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. David Moon focuses on the settlement of migrants from central Russia, Ukraine, and central Europe, and analyses how naturalists and scientists came to understand the steppe environment, including the origins of the fertile black earth.
Les mer
PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE STEPPE ENVIRONMENT; PART II: UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PART III: COMBATING THE STEPPE ENVIRONMENT?
`Rare is the book that casts Russian history in an almost wholly new light.' Financial Times 2013 Books of the Year
The first scholarly environmental history of Russia prior to the twentieth century Written in the wider contexts of the environmental history of the Great Plains of the USA and of European colonialism, so offers specialists in these fields the opportunity to relate their research to the relatively little-known experience of the Russian Empire Based on original research in archives and little-used printed sources, and on field work in the steppe region Offers a detailed historical analysis of debates over human impact on the environment, so provides an historical perspective to current debates
Les mer
David Moon is a specialist on Russian history. In recent years his research has focused on environmental history in a transnational context. He combines conventional historical research in archives and libraries with field work in the environments he studies. He has spent much of his career teaching at universities in the north of England and Scotland. He also has extensive experience of both Russia and the USA. He studied for a year at Leningrad State University in what was then the Soviet Union, and makes regular visits to Russia and Ukraine, including the steppe region, for research and field work.
Les mer
The first scholarly environmental history of Russia prior to the twentieth century Written in the wider contexts of the environmental history of the Great Plains of the USA and of European colonialism, so offers specialists in these fields the opportunity to relate their research to the relatively little-known experience of the Russian Empire Based on original research in archives and little-used printed sources, and on field work in the steppe region Offers a detailed historical analysis of debates over human impact on the environment, so provides an historical perspective to current debates
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198722878
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
482 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
340

Forfatter
Moon David

Biografisk notat

David Moon is a specialist on Russian history. In recent years his research has focused on environmental history in a transnational context. He combines conventional historical research in archives and libraries with field work in the environments he studies. He has spent much of his career teaching at universities in the north of England and Scotland. He also has extensive experience of both Russia and the USA. He studied for a year at Leningrad State University in what was then the Soviet Union, and makes regular visits to Russia and Ukraine, including the steppe region, for research and field work.

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