{"product_id":"in-the-name-of-the-great-work-stalins-plan-for-the-transformation-of-nature-and-its-impact-in-eastern-europe-paperback","title":"In the Name of the Great Work: Stalin's Plan for the Transformation of Nature and Its Impact in Eastern Europe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoubravka Olsáková\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Beginning in 1948, the Soviet Union launched a series of wildly ambitious projects to implement Joseph Stalin's vision of a total \"transformation of nature.\" Intended to increase agricultural yields dramatically, this utopian impulse quickly spread to the newly communist states of Eastern Europe, captivating political elites and war-fatigued publics alike. By the time of Stalin's death, however, these attempts at \"transformation\"-which relied upon ideologically corrupted and pseudoscientific theories-had proven a spectacular failure. This richly detailed volume follows the history of such projects in three communist states-Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia-and explores their varied, but largely disastrous, consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDoubravka Olsáková\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior researcher at the Institute for Contemporary History at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, where she leads a working group on environmental history. Her publications include the book \u003cem\u003eScience Goes to the People!\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), which examines mass indoctrination and the dissemination of science in communist Czechoslovakia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372281610418,"sku":"9781789205022","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ba994d18a71b307bb13b114b2218be5f.webp?v=1777642077","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/in-the-name-of-the-great-work-stalins-plan-for-the-transformation-of-nature-and-its-impact-in-eastern-europe-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}