| Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991 Aufl. Edition Contributor(s): Obertreis, Julia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3847107860 ISBN-13: 9783847107866 Publisher: V&R Unipress OUR PRICE: $91.08 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Asia - Central Asia - Political Science | Public Policy - Agriculture & Food Policy |
| Series: Kultur- Und Sozialgeschichte Osteuropas / Cultural and Socia |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (2.00 lbs) 536 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Officials, engineers and scientists in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union envisaged the expansion and modernization of irrigation systems and cotton growing in Central Asia. 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. |