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  • Pickle's Pickle

    by David Moon ...
    An aging clown is forced into retirement by his union, but he plans on making a comeback and having the last laugh. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Local Places, Global Processes

    histories of environmental change in Britain and beyond

    Edited by Peter Coates, David Moon, Paul Warde ...
    We live in an age of unprecedented environmental change: global, interconnected and universal. Yet though our lives are inextricably connected to global processes, and increasingly mobile, we still live in particular places. Our perceptions of change, and what kind of change might be for good or ill, are shaped by the interaction of localised experience and the wider forces of transformation. ... Read more

    $19.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Steppes

    The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s–1930s

    by David Moon ...
    Series series Studies in Environment and History
    Beginning in the 1870s, migrant groups from Russia's steppes settled in the similar environment of the Great Plains. Many were Mennonites. They brought plants, in particular grain and fodder crops, trees and shrubs, as well as weeds. Following their example, and drawing on the expertise of émigré Russian-Jewish scientists, the US Department of Agriculture introduced more plants, agricultural ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • The Plough that Broke the Steppes

    Agriculture and Environment on Russia's Grasslands, 1700-1914

    by David Moon ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Modern European History
    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 ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Russian Peasantry 1600-1930

    The World the Peasants Made

    by David Moon ...
    This impressive work, set to become the standard history on the subject, offers a definitive survey of peasant society in Russia, from the consolidation of serfdom and tsarist autocracy in the 17th century through to the destruction of the peasant's traditional world under Stalin. Over three-quarters of Russian society were peasants in these years, and David Moon explores all aspects of their life ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia

    1762-1907

    by David Moon ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    In February 1861 Tsar Alexander II issued the statutes abolishing the institution of serfdom in Russia. The procedures set in motion by Alexander II undid the ties that bound together 22 million serfs and 100,000 noble estate owners, and changed the face of Russia. Rather than presenting abolition as an 'event' that happened in February 1861, The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia presents the reform ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Thinking Russia's History Environmentally

    Edited by Catherine Evtuhov, Julia Lajus, David Moon ...
    Series Book 25 - Environment in History: International Perspectives
    Historians of Russia were relative latecomers to the field of environmental history. Yet, in the past decade, the exploration of Russian environmental history has burgeoned. Thinking Russia’s History Environmentally showcases collaboration amongst an international set of scholars who focus on the contribution that the study of Russian environments makes to the global environmental field. Through ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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    by Ian Thompson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
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  • River Dreams

    The people and landscape of the Cooks River

    by Ian Tyrrell ...
    River Dreams reveals the complex history of the Cooks River in south-eastern Sydney—a river renowned as Australia's most altered and polluted. While nineteenth century developers called it "improvement," the sugar mill, tanneries, and factories that lined the banks of Sydney's Cooks River had drastic consequences for the health of the river. While much of the river has been rehabilitated in recent ... Read more

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  • Curated Decay

    Heritage beyond Saving

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