The Spoils of Progress: Environmental Pollution in the Soviet Union

by Marshall I. Goldman

Book Overview

(Published in paper under the title Environmental Pollution in the Soviet Union: The Spoils of Progress) Because industrialism 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. Rapid industrial growth rather than form of government is the prime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262070537
• ISBN13: 9780262070539
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 372 Pages