Obertreis, Julia: Imperial Desert Dreams

Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991. Focusing on the region of today's Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, this book highlights the continuities in discourse and policies beyond the historical divide of 1917. One of the central topoi was the transformation of dead lands into blossoming oases . High modernism policies hit their peak in the post-war decades. From the 1970s, an ecological critique evolved which gained momentum in the Perestroika period. Ultimately, the grave ecological, economic and social consequences of the growth-fixated modernization contributed to the downfall of the Communist regime. 536 Seiten mit 38 Abb., gebunden (Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte Osteuropas/Cultural and Social History of Eastern Europe; Vol. 8/V&R Unipress 2017) Buchblock leicht verzogen, Rücken etwas bestoßen/book block slightly warped, spine somewhat bumped

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