The people's own landscape : nature, tourism, and dictatorship in East Germany / Scott Moranda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moranda, Scott.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Germany (East)--History.

Tourism.

Landscapes--Germany (East)--History.

Landscapes.

Land use--Germany (East)--History.

Land use.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Germany (East)--History.

Nature.

Ecology--Germany (East)--History.

Ecology.

Political culture--Germany (East)--History.

Political culture.

Dictatorship--Social aspects--Germany (East)--History.

Dictatorship.

Germany (East)--Social conditions.

Germany (East).

Germany (East)--Environmental conditions.

Germany (East)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of East German tourist practices of the 1970s and 1980s provides new insight into the country's environmental politics.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Conquering the Countryside : Athletic Tourism in the Early GDR

Chapter 2. Rejuvenating Socialist Workers : Conservation and Landscape Care in the 1950s

Chapter 3. Making Rough Nature More Comfortable : Camping in East Germany

Chapter 4. A New Environmental Law : Landscape Care, Global Ecology, and Domestic Social Policy

Chapter 5. Real Existing Socialism : Nature, Social Inequalities, and Environmental Consciousness

Chapter 6. The Limits of Growth and the New Environmentalism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-213) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472029723

047202972X

OCLC:

879352464