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An Environmental History of Knowledge and Politics: Forestry in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Hungary (Environmental History of Central and Eastern Europe - CEU Press)
Author(s): Róbert Balogh (Author)
- Publisher: Central European University Press
- Publication Date: 22 Jan. 2026
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 186 pages
- ISBN-10: 9633868432
- ISBN-13: 9789633868430
Book 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.
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About the Author
Róbert Balogh is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Ostrava. His work concerns the historical dimensions of the ongoing climatic and ecological crises, including the impact of professional forest management practices, energy production, food shortages, and dairy production. Taking the Anthropocene as the framework for research questions, Balogh studies these issues in the Middle Danube Valley and colonial South Asia.
Péter Homor is the head of archives at Széchenyi István University in Győr. His main interests include the history of higher agricultural education in Hungary, the professionalization of forestry, and the application of information technology in archival science.
