The Plough That Broke the Steppes: Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914

by David Moon

Book Overview

This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from central Europe. By the late-nineteenth century, they had turned the steppes into the bread basket of the Russian Empire and parts of Europe. But there was another side to this story. The steppe region was hit by recurring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199556431
• ISBN13: 9780199556434
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"