{"product_id":"in-the-name-of-the-doubravka-olszakovza-9781785332524","title":"In the Name of the Great Work: Stalin's Plan for the Transformation of Nature and Its Impact in Eastern Europe","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubravka Olsáková\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178533252X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785332524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017","brand":"Doubravka Olsáková","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":48088802132223,"sku":"9781785332524","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68a3bd9c-577e-4147-a853-43fa1df53d83.jpg?v=1769106644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-name-of-the-doubravka-olszakovza-9781785332524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}