Nature and the Iron Curtain: Environmental Policy and Social Movements in Communist and Capitalist Countries, 1945-1990

by John Robert McNeill and Astrid Mignon Kirchhof

In Nature and the Iron Curtain, the authors contrast communist and capitalist countries with respect to their environmental politics in the context of the Cold War. Its chapters draw from archives across Europe and the U.S. to present new perspectives on the origins and evolution of modern environmentalism on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The book explores similarities and differences among several nations with different economies and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822945452
• ISBN13: 9780822945451
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"