Title: Models of nature : ecology, conservation, and cultural revolution in Soviet Russia /
Authors: Weiner, Douglas R., 1951-
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Nature conservation Soviet Union; Nature conservation Social aspects Soviet Union.; Communism and culture Soviet Union.; Soviet Union Social conditions.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: Monuments of nature -- Conservation and revolution -- Conservation under the NEP -- The limits to growth -- The Goskomitet and teh Zapovedniki -- Models of nature: the Zapovedniki and community ecology -- The Conservation Congress of 1929 -- The cultural revolution comes to biology -- Protective coloration -- Conservation and the Five-Year Plan -- The great transformation of anture -- Engineers of nature -- The first all-union Conservation Congress -- Conservation without ecology: nature protection in the age of Lysenko.