Paul Josephson;, Nicolai Dronin;, Ruben Mnatsakanian;, Aleh Cherp;, Dmitry Efremenko;, Vladislav Larin. An Environmental History of Russia. 340 pp., illus., table, index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. $28.99 (paper).

Isis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Environmental History ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
History Of ◽  
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Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China. By Judith Shapiro. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 287p. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper.

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Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-672
Author(s):  
David Bachman
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Case Studies ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Mao Zedong ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
History Of

Judith Shapiro has written the first overview of environmental history of the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong (1949–76). It is a grim history indeed. Instead of employing a more common temporal approach, Shapiro identifies four major themes leading to environmental degradation, and uses compelling case studies to illustrate those themes. The four themes are political repression and suppression of dissenting opinion; utopian urgency; dogmatic uniformity; and war preparation and forcible relocation of the population to remote areas.

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