The German forest : nature, identity, and the contestation of a national symbol, 1871 - 1914
"From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that suited their own social, economic, and political interests....
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Toronto [u.a.] : Univ. of Toronto Press,
c 2012
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | German and European studies
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | German and European studies |
| Schlagworte: | Forests and forestry Forest management Landscape protection National characteristics, German Deutschland Wald Nationalbewusstsein Staatssymbol Geschichte 1871-1914 Forstwirtschaft |
| Umfang: | XI, 326 S. |
| Zusammenfassung: | "From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that suited their own social, economic, and political interests. The German Forest is the first book-length history of the development and contestation of the concept of 'German' woodlands -- Jeffrey K. Wilson challenges the dominant interpretation that German connections to nature were based in agrarian romanticism rather than efforts at modernization. He explores a variety of conflicts over the symbol -- from demands on landowners for public access to woodlands, to state attempts to integrate ethnic Slavs into German culture through forestry, and radical nationalist visions of woodlands as a model for the German 'race'. Through impressive primary and archival research, Wilson demonstrates that in addition to uniting Germans, the forest as a national symbol could also serve as a vehicle for protest and strife."--Pub. desc "From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that suited their own social, economic, and political interests. The German Forest is the first book-length history of the development and contestation of the concept of 'German' woodlands -- Jeffrey K. Wilson challenges the dominant interpretation that German connections to nature were based in agrarian romanticism rather than efforts at modernization. He explores a variety of conflicts over the symbol -- from demands on landowners for public access to woodlands, to state attempts to integrate ethnic Slavs into German culture through forestry, and radical nationalist visions of woodlands as a model for the German 'race'. Through impressive primary and archival research, Wilson demonstrates that in addition to uniting Germans, the forest as a national symbol could also serve as a vehicle for protest and strife."--Pub. desc |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S.. [285] - 311 |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 326 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1442640995 9781442640993 |