An environmental history of knowledge and politics : forestry in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungary / Róbert Balogh ; with contributions from Péter Homor

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balogh, Róbert (Historian), author.

Contributor:

Homor, Péter, contributor.

Series:

Environmental history of Central and Eastern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Hungary--19th century.

Forests and forestry.

Forests and forestry--Hungary--20th century.

Hungary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, [2026]

System Details:

digital

Summary:

"In February 2024 the designated body of the geological sciences rejected the proposition that humans have entered the Anthropocene epoch. Historians are yet to tell history as the interaction with materials and living beings. The history of forestry is a particularly promising subject to study. Environmental concerns and the large-scale commodification of forests, often with state participation, have been walking hand-in-hand since at least the mid-eighteenth century. Moreover, the history of the development of forestry's standardised methodology is a global history. This book describes the efforts and experiences of trained foresters driven by competing priorities, as well as their impact on the society, landscape and politics of Hungary between about 1860 and 1975"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Introducing the changes

A history of value: forests and timber as commodities

Foresters building nation: nationalism in Hungarian forestry, 1862-1913

The advance of the state in the forest in and out of war, 1914-1944

Forestry programmes between Stalinism and de‑Stalinisation, 1945-1956

Human lives and tree species in experiments : the case of István Bánó’s work with pine species

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed February 24, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Balogh, Róbert (Historian) Environmental history of knowledge and politics

ISBN:

9789633868447

9789633868454

9781003756415

9633868440

9633868459

1003756417

OCLC:

1561549227

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license

Open access Unrestricted online access