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Item Details
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THE SPOILS OF PROGRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE SOVIET UNION |
| By: |
Marshall I. Goldman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£38.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0262570297 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262570299 |
| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1975 |
| Series: |
The Spoils of Progress |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
An analysis of the forces that have been brought about the abuses of water, air, land and raw material in Russia, examining both the drawbacks and advantages of state control and conservation. |
| Synopsis: |
Because industialism had its beginnings in capitalist countries, the existence of environmental disruption in socialist and communist societies has been largely ignored. The truth is that pollution of natural resources plagues the planned economy and free enterprise system alike. Rupid industrial growth rather than form of government is the prime agent causing environmental havoc, and where socialist reality diverges from socialist theory, the ecological balance of nature suffers as in any major industrial country.Marshall I. Goldman, whose articles on the subject have appeared in Science, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, brings this point home as she describes abuses of water, air, land, and raw materials in Russia, analysing the forces that have been brought about the current situation and describing both the drawbacks and advantages of state control and conservation. He devotes chapters to the pollution of Lake Baikal in Siberia, remarking that "Baikal is a unique lake in the world and all mankind will suffer from its desecration," and to the Aral and Caspian seas which is literally in danger of drying up as a result and the construction of hydroelectric statons. Proposals to restore the seas by building dams and reversing the flow of major rivers from north to south (Reshaping the Earth) may have equally profound and undesiarable results.The book concludes by pointing out that the Soviet state is both manufacturer and polluter and its priorities lie with the increased production rather then conservation; with progress rather than restraint. Yet, hopefully, Goldman points to a number of beneficial state controls which if enlarged in the direction of restoring and protecting natural resources could have made Russia the most poweful and efficient of conservationists. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
MIT Press |
| Returns: |
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