Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz. His research includes critical physical geography, dialectical and historical materialism, gender-environment processes, socialism and environment, socialist histories, and soil acidification and contamination. He is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.

'A fascinating account. For too long we have tended to demonise socialist states, this book shows that to overcome the climate crisis, there are positive lessons to be learnt, from Lenin's promotion of conservation to Cuba's achievements in promoting ecological policymaking'

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Socialist States and Ecosocialism 3 The Poverty of Comparisons 4 Environmental Impacts in Context 5 Reckoning with Contradictions to Build Ecosocialism Postface ReferencesIndex

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz. His research includes critical physical geography, dialectical and historical materialism, gender-environment processes, socialism and environment, socialist histories, and soil acidification and contamination. He is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.

'A fascinating account. For too long we have tended to demonise socialist states, this book shows that to overcome the climate crisis, there are positive lessons to be learnt, from Lenin's promotion of conservation to Cuba's achievements in promoting ecological policymaking'

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Socialist States and Ecosocialism 3 The Poverty of Comparisons 4 Environmental Impacts in Context 5 Reckoning with Contradictions to Build Ecosocialism Postface ReferencesIndex

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz. His research includes critical physical geography, dialectical and historical materialism, gender-environment processes, socialism and environment, socialist histories, and soil acidification and contamination. He is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.

'A fascinating account. For too long we have tended to demonise socialist states, this book shows that to overcome the climate crisis, there are positive lessons to be learnt, from Lenin's promotion of conservation to Cuba's achievements in promoting ecological policymaking'

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Socialist States and Ecosocialism 3 The Poverty of Comparisons 4 Environmental Impacts in Context 5 Reckoning with Contradictions to Build Ecosocialism Postface ReferencesIndex