Geography Of The U.S.S.R.
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the height of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union loomed as both an enigma and a superpower, R. E. H. Mellor's Geography of the U.S.S.R. delivered one of the most comprehensive and authoritative regional studies of its era. Written by a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Aberdeen, this meticulous work chronicles the vast physical and human landscape of the Soviet Union — from the frozen tundra of Siberia and the sweeping steppes of Central Asia to the industrial heartlands of the Urals and the densely populated western republics. Mellor presents the U.S.S.R. not merely as a political entity but as a staggering mosaic of climates, resources, peoples, and economies, arguing that geography itself was a defining force in shaping Soviet policy and ambition. Rigorous in its analysis yet accessible in its prose, this volume stands as a landmark academic text of Cold War-era geographical scholarship. Mellor details the spatial distribution of Soviet industry, agriculture, and population with precision, illustrating how the immense territorial scale of the U.S.S.R. both empowered and constrained its development. For students of geography, history, and political science alike, this work remains a compelling window into a world that has since vanished — raising the question of how much of what Mellor observed still echoes in the nations that rose from the Soviet Union's ruins.
Author: R. E. H. Mellor
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Macmillan & Co Ltd / St Martin's Press
Genre: Geography & Earth science
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the height of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union loomed as both an enigma and a superpower, R. E. H. Mellor's Geography of the U.S.S.R. delivered one of the most comprehensive and authoritative regional studies of its era. Written by a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Aberdeen, this meticulous work chronicles the vast physical and human landscape of the Soviet Union — from the frozen tundra of Siberia and the sweeping steppes of Central Asia to the industrial heartlands of the Urals and the densely populated western republics. Mellor presents the U.S.S.R. not merely as a political entity but as a staggering mosaic of climates, resources, peoples, and economies, arguing that geography itself was a defining force in shaping Soviet policy and ambition. Rigorous in its analysis yet accessible in its prose, this volume stands as a landmark academic text of Cold War-era geographical scholarship. Mellor details the spatial distribution of Soviet industry, agriculture, and population with precision, illustrating how the immense territorial scale of the U.S.S.R. both empowered and constrained its development. For students of geography, history, and political science alike, this work remains a compelling window into a world that has since vanished — raising the question of how much of what Mellor observed still echoes in the nations that rose from the Soviet Union's ruins.