{"product_id":"black-earth-white-bread-a-technopolitical-history-of-russian-agriculture-and-food-hardback-9780299335403","title":"Black Earth, White Bread; A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food (Hardback) 9780299335403","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlack Earth, White Bread\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusanne A. Wengle (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299335403\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.574 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLike all facets of daily life, the food that Russian farms grew and citizens ate—or, in some years, didn't eat—underwent radical shifts in the century between the Bolshevik Revolution and Putin's presidency. The modernization of agriculture during this time is usually understood in terms of advances in farming methods. Susanne A. Wengle's important interdisciplinary history of Russia's agriculture and food systems documents far-reaching changes on farms, along with their effects on ordinary people and for successive political regimes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wengle argues that we need to focus on the political actors who employed and favored particular agrotechnologies to provide \"the good life\" for citizens. Each of the large-scale rural reforms was rooted as much in political ambitions as in the need to increase crop and meat yields. Attempts to create the conditions of abundance relied heavily on top-down programs that nearly always had unexpected, and occasionally devastating, outcomes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bringing together a narrative on governance, production, consumption, nature, and the ensuing vulnerabilities of the agri-food system, Wengle reveals the intended and unintended consequences of Russian agricultural policies since 1917. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eBlack Earth, White Bread\u003c\/i\u003e is a call for attention to states' reliance on specific technologies to illuminate transformations in food systems everywhere. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Setting the Table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Governance\u003cbr\u003e or, How to Solve the Grain Problem?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Production\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Consumption\u003cbr\u003e or, The Perestroika of the Quotidian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Vulnerabilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530904563992,"sku":"9780299335403","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-earth-white-bread-a-technopolitical-history-of-russian-agriculture-and-food-hardback-9780299335403","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}