The article reviews the volume entitled “Balta Brăilei – Bărăganul dintre ape” [Brăila’s Pond – the Bărăgan between the waters],by means of which the author, Ioan Munteanu, makes an extensive monography of territory once named the Brăila’s Pond which, after the diking,became the Bărăgan between the waters, an important agricultural exploitation for the whole country. Beyond the geographical description and the socio‑economic development of the area, the author raises important issues of the consequences of the destruction of a complex ecosystem formed by the great ostroves of Brăila in order to give a huge area back to agriculture. The book also brings to the reader’s attention the concentration camps of Balta Brăilei [Brăila’s Pond]. The volume is a vivid and painful testimony about the decline of a paradise between the waters to serve the socio‑economic interests of increasing agro‑productive yield and which at present can only be maintained through an improved agricultural system.
Keywords: Brăila; Brăila’s Pond; the large island of Brăila; the penitentiary colony
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