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

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 systems, and highlights connections between environmental movements in Eastern and Western Europe.

Author: Astrid Kirchhof
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 05/28/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780822945451

About the Author
Astrid Kirchhof (Editor)
Astrid Mignon Kirchhof is a research associate and lecturer at Humboldt University, Berlin and a scholar in residence at the Deutsches Museum, Munich.

J. R. McNeill (Editor)
J.R.McNeill is professor of history at Georgetown University and author of Something New under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-century World.