The greenest nation? : a new history of German environmentalism / Frank Uekötter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uekötter, Frank, 1970- author.

Series:

History for a sustainable future

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--History--21st century.

Environmentalism.

Environmental policy--History--21st century.

Environmental policy.

Environmentalism--Germany--History--20th century.

Environmentalism--Germany--History--21st century.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This study provides an overview of the development of German environmentalism from the late nineteenth century to the present. Looking at Germany in an international context, it discusses the full range of environmental issues and how it evolved from a concern about pollution and natural monuments to global warming and biodiversity. It defines environmentalism broadly and looks at civic activism, government policies and culture and life. The book seeks to historicize the notion that Germany may serve as a role model for other industrialized countries.

Contents:

1 Environmentalism and Environmental History in the Twenty-first Century 1

2 Creating a Tradition: German Environmentalism, 1900 to 1945 25

3 Getting in Motion: German Environmentalism, 1945 to 1980 59

Interim Remarks: Explaining the Rise of Environmentalism 101

4 The Green Enigma: German Environmentalism, 1980 to 2013 113

5 German Environmentalism in Mid Passage 157

How Green After All? An Epilogue 177.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262322409

0262322404

1306637627

9781306637626

OCLC:

877868129

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