Environmental organizations in modern Germany : hardy survivors in the twentieth century and beyond / William T. Markham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markham, William T., 1946-

Series:

Monographs in German history ; v. 21.

Monographs in German history ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--Germany--History--Societies, etc.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

German environmental organizations have doggedly pursued environmental protection through difficult times: hyperinflation and war, National Socialist rule, postwar devastation, state socialism in the GDR, and confrontation with the authorities during the 1970s and 1980s. The author recounts the fascinating and sometimes dramatic story of these organizations from their origins at the end of the nineteenth century to the present, with an analysis of the issues and strategic decisions that confront them at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The book describes how environmental organizatio

Contents:

Title page-Environmental organizations in mofern Germany; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Ch 1-Introduction; Ch 2-Environmental organizations; Ch 3-The origins of nature protection organizations in Germany; Ch 4-Nazism, the war and its aftermath; Ch 5-Confrontation and counterculture; Ch 6-Nature and environmental protection eastern-style; Ch 7-New challenges at century's end; ch 8-The social context of environmental organizations at the beginning of a new century; Ch 9-Major environmental organizations in Germany; Ch 10-Dilemmas of Internal Structure

Ch 11-Dilemmas of resource acquisitionCh 12-Dilemmas of goals and strategies; Ch 13-Concluding observations; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-395) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-978-1

1-282-62681-7

9786612626814

0-85745-030-1

OCLC:

645101305