Nature in German history / edited by Christof Mauch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mauch, Christof, editor.

Series:

Studies in German history ; v. 1

Studies in German History ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Germany--History.

Human ecology.

Philosophy of nature--Germany--History.

Philosophy of nature.

Human beings--Effect of environment on--Germany--History.

Human beings.

Geographical perception--Germany--Philosophy.

Geographical perception.

Germany--Environmental conditions.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. Germany is a key test case for the burgeoning field of environmental history; in no other country has the landscape been so thoroughly politicized throughout its past as in Germany,and in no other country have ideas of 'nature' figured so centrally in notions of national identity. The essays collected in this volume — the first collection on the subject in either English or German — place discussions of nature and the human relationship with nature in their political co texts. Taken together, they trace the gradual shift from a confident belief in humanity ’s ability to tame and manipulate the natural realm to the Umweltbewußtsein driving the contemporary conservation movement. Nature in German History also documents efforts to reshape the natural realm in keeping with ideological beliefs — such as the Romantic exultation of 'the wild' and the Nazis' attempts to eliminate 'foreign' flora and fauna — as well as the ways in which political issues have repeatedly been transformed into discussions of the environment in Germany.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION Nature and Nation in Transatlantic Perspective

Chapter 1 “CONQUESTS FROM BARBARISM” Taming Nature in Frederick the Great’s Prussia

Chapter 2 THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF THE RHINE

Chapter 3 LANDSCAPE AS HISTORY Pückler-Muskau, The “Green Prince” of Germany

Chapter 4 ALL OF GERMANY A GARDEN? Changing Ideas of Wilderness in German Garden Design and Landscape Architecture

Chapter 5 FOR NATION AND PROSPERITY, HEALTH AND A GREEN ENVIRONMENT Protecting Nature in West Germany, 1945-70

Chapter 6 WALDSTERBEN The Construction and Deconstruction of an Environmental Problem

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789205954

1789205956

9781571814388

1571814388