An Environmental History of Knowledge and Politics : Forestry in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Hungary

Balogh, Róbert

Central European University Press（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 186 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789633868430
• DDC分類 333.709439

Full Description

How can historical studies help us understand today's environmental crises? What events led humanity into the Anthropocene epoch? The history of forestry offers a particularly revealing lens through which to explore these questions. Since at least the mid-eighteenth century, environmental concerns and the commodification of forests—often driven by state interests—have gone hand in hand. The rise of forestry's standardized methodologies is not only a scientific development but also a global story of power, knowledge, and resource management. This book presents a Central European history of the Anthropocene, weaving together themes of nationalism, state socialism, war, and reconstruction to illuminate their deep entanglement with environmental change.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing the Changes Chapter 2 A History of Value: Forests and Timber as Commodities Chapter 3 Foresters Building Nation: Nationalism in Hungarian Forestry, 1862-1913 Chapter 4 The Advance of the State in the Forest in and out of War, 1914-1944 Chapter 5 Forestry Programmes between Stalinism and de-Stalinisation, 1945-1956 Chapter 6 Human Lives and Tree Species in Experiments: the Case of István Bánó's Work with Pine Species Conclusions Bibliography Index