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Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991

Julia Obertreis

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Description:Officials, engineers and scientists in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union envisaged the expansion and modernization of irrigation systems and cotton growing in Central Asia. Focusing on the region of today's Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, this book highlights the continuities in discourse and policies beyond the historical divide of 1917. One of the central topoi was the transformation of 'dead' lands into 'blossoming oases'. High modernism policies hit their peak in the post-war decades. From the 1970s, an ecological critique evolved which gained momentum in the Perestroika period. Ultimately, the grave ecological, economic and social consequences of the growth-fixated modernization contributed to the downfall of the Communist regime.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991. To get started finding Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 536

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: V&R Unipress

Release: 2017

ISBN: 3847107860

Description: Officials, engineers and scientists in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union envisaged the expansion and modernization of irrigation systems and cotton growing in Central Asia. Focusing on the region of today's Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, this book highlights the continuities in discourse and policies beyond the historical divide of 1917. One of the central topoi was the transformation of 'dead' lands into 'blossoming oases'. High modernism policies hit their peak in the post-war decades. From the 1970s, an ecological critique evolved which gained momentum in the Perestroika period. Ultimately, the grave ecological, economic and social consequences of the growth-fixated modernization contributed to the downfall of the Communist regime.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991. To get started finding Imperial Desert Dreams: Cotton Growing and Irrigation in Central Asia, 1860-1991, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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