The rise of industrial capitalism in the 19th century forged a new ecological order in North American and Western European states, radically transforming the environment through science and technology in the name of human progress. Far less known are the dramatic environmental changes experienced by Eastern Europe, in many ways a terra incognita for environmental historians and anthropologists. A New Ecological Order explores, from a historical and ethnographic perspective, the role of state planners, bureaucrats, and experts face=Calibri>– engineers, agricultural engineers, geographers,...
The rise of industrial capitalism in the 19th century forged a new ecological order in North American and Western European states, radically transform...
