Cargando…

Nature and the Iron Curtain : Environmental Policy and Social Movements in Communist and Capitalist Countries, 1945-1990 /

In Nature and the Iron Curtain, the authors contrast communist and capitalist countries with respect to their environmental politics in the context of the Cold War. Its chapters draw from archives across Europe and the U.S. to present new perspectives on the origins and evolution of modern environme...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McNeill, John Robert (Editor ), Kirchhof, Astrid Mignon (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 musev2_66107
003 MdBmJHUP
005 20230905050815.0
006 m o d
007 cr||||||||nn|n
008 190614s2019 pau o 00 0 eng d
020 |a 9780822986485 
020 |z 9780822945451 
035 |a (OCoLC)1103711041 
040 |a MdBmJHUP  |c MdBmJHUP 
043 |a ee-----  |a e-ur---  |a xd----- 
050 4 |a GE199.E852  |b N38 2019 
082 0 |a 909.825  |2 23 
245 0 0 |a Nature and the Iron Curtain :   |b Environmental Policy and Social Movements in Communist and Capitalist Countries, 1945-1990 /   |c edited by Astrid Mignon Kirchhof and J.R. McNeill. 
264 1 |a Baltimore, Maryland :  |b Project Muse,  |c 2019 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2019 
264 4 |c ©2019 
300 |a 1 online resource (320 pages):   |b maps 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : environmentalism, environmental policy, capitalism, and communism / Astrid Mignon Kirchhof and J.R. McNeill -- Building a Soviet eco-power while looking at the capitalist world the rise of technocratic environmentalism in Russian water controversies, 1957-1989 / Laurent Coumel -- Water pollution and protection in the Lithuanian Soviet Republic / Anolda Cetkauskaite and Simo Laakkonen -- The fallout of Chernobyl : the emergence of an environmental movement in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic / Tetiana Perga -- Keeping the air clean? : environmental policy, utility companies, and social movements in West Germany since the 1970s / Hendrik Ehrhardt -- From anti-nuke to ökopax : 1970s anti-reactor activism and the emergence of West Germany's mass movement for peace / Stephen Milder -- An unguided boom : environmental policies of Cold War Italy / Wilko Graf von Hardenberg -- Nuclear-free Montana : grassroots environmentalism and Montana's antinuclear initiatives / Brian James Leech -- Building a socialist environment : Czechoslovak environmental policy from the 1960s to the 1980s / Eagle Glassheim -- Protesting pollution : environmental activism in East Germany and Poland, 1980-1990 / Julia E. Ault -- About environmental policy in socialist Yugoslavia / Hrvoje Petrić -- "It makes no sense to work against nature" : Cold War modernization in West German agriculture / Scott Moranda -- An American miracle in the desert : environmental crisis and nuclear-powered desalination in the Middle East / Jacob Darwin Hamblin -- East Germany's fight for recognition as a sovereign state : environmental diplomacy as strategy in Cold War politics / Astrid Mignon Kirchhof. 
506 |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. 
520 |a In Nature and the Iron Curtain, the authors contrast communist and capitalist countries with respect to their environmental politics in the context of the Cold War. Its chapters draw from archives across Europe and the U.S. to present new perspectives on the origins and evolution of modern environmentalism on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The book explores similarities and differences among several nations with different economies and political systems, and highlights connections between environmental movements in Eastern and Western Europe. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 0 |a Environmentalism 
650 0 |a Environmental policy. 
650 0 |a Cold War  |x Social aspects. 
650 0 |a Cold War  |x Environmental aspects. 
651 0 |a Western countries  |x Environmental conditions  |y 20th century. 
651 0 |a Communist countries  |x Environmental conditions  |y 20th century. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
700 1 |a McNeill, John Robert,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Kirchhof, Astrid Mignon,  |e editor. 
710 2 |a Project Muse,  |e distributor. 
776 1 8 |i Print version:  |z 0822945452  |z 9780822945451 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/66107/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2019 Russian and East European Studies 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2019 Complete 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2019 History