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The Plough that Broke the Steppes Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914
ISBN: 9780199556434 | 0199556431
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 5/5/2013
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This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from central Europe. By the late-nineteenth century, they had turned the steppes into the bread basket of the Russian Empire and parts of Europe. But there was another side to this story. The steppe region was hit by recurring droughts, winds from the east whipped up dust storms, the fertile black earth suffered severe ... MORE
Introduction
Part I: Understanding the Steppe Environment
1. The Eyes of Outsiders
2. The Lens of Science and Statistics
Part II: Understanding Environmental Change
Introduction: Who is to Blame?
3. Vegetation
4. Climate Change
5. The Land
Part III: Combating the Steppe Environment?
Introduction: What is to be Done?
6. Tree Planting
7. Irrigation
8. Agronomy
Conclusion
Epilogue
David Moon is a specialist on Russian history. In recent years his research has focused on environmental history in a transnational context. He combines conventional historical research in archives and libraries with field work in the environments he studies. He has spent much of his career teaching at universities in the north of England and Scotland. He also has extensive experience of both Russia and the USA. He studied for a year at Leningrad State University in what was then the Soviet Union, and makes regular visits to Russia and Ukraine, including the steppe region, for research and field work.
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