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Driving Germany : the landscape of the German autobahn, 1930-1970 / Thomas Zeller ; translated by Thomas Dunlap.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zeller, Thomas, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Studies in German history ; v. 5.
- Studies in German history ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape protection--Germany--History--20th century.
- Landscape protection.
- Express highways--Germany--History--20th century.
- Express highways.
- Roadside improvement--Germany--History--20th century.
- Roadside improvement.
- National socialism and architecture.
- Landscape architecture--Environmental aspects--Germany--History--20th century.
- Landscape architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. Hitler''s autobahn was more than just the pet project of an infrastructure-friendly dictator. It was supposed to revolutionize the transportation sector in Germany, connect the metropoles with the countryside, and encourage motorization. The propaganda machinery of the Third Reich turned the autobahn into a hyped-up icon of the dictatorship. One of the claims was that the roads would reconcile nature and technology. Rather than destroying the environment, they would embellish the landscape. Many historians have t
- Contents:
- Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1- Introduction: Germany and its Autobahn; Chapter 2- Landscape: The Dual Construction; Chapter 3- The Historical Habitat of Landscape-Friendly Roads; Chapter 4- Planning the Autobahn Before and After 1933; Chapter 5- Conflicts over the Harmonious Road; Chapter 6- The Myth of the Green Autobahn; Chapter 7- Reinterpretations: The West German Autobahn, 1949 to 1970; Chapter 8- Conclusion; Bibliography and Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-280) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781845453091
- 1845453093
- 9780857452269
- 0857452266
- OCLC:
- 882779243
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