Jeffrey K. Wilson

The German Forest

Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• German and European Studies
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781487521677
• ISBN-10: 1487521677
• Artikelnr.: 45231629

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey K. Wilson is an assistant professor in the Department of History at California State University, Sacramento.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter I: National Landscape and National Memory
Chapter II: Contested Forests: Ideal Values and Real Estate
Chapter III: Environmental Activism: Berlin and the Grunewald
Chapter IV: Reforestation as Reform: Pomerelia and the Tuchel Heath
Chapter V: Meaningful Woods: Sylvan Metaphors and Arboreal Symbols
Conclusion
Bibliography
index