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Nature of the Miracle Years

Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975
Studies in German History, Band 8 1. Aufl.

von: Sandra Chaney
37,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.05.2008
ISBN/EAN:	9780857450050
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	306

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Titelbeschreibung

After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context. Forced to change by necessity, those involved in state-sponsored conservation institutionalized and professionalized their efforts, while several private groups became more confrontational in their message and tactics. Through their steady and often conservative presence within the mainstream of West German society, conservationists ensured that by 1970 the map of the country was dotted with hundreds of reserves, dozens of nature parks, and one national park. In doing so, they assured themselves a strong position to participate in, rather than be excluded from, the left-leaning environmental movement of the 1970s.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements
 Introduction
 Chapter 1. The Inheritance: A Mixed Legacy for Postwar Conservation Chapter 2. Defending Nature under the Allied Occupation, 1945–1955 Chapter 3. Preserving the Wutach Gorge in the 1950s Chapter 4. Ordering Landscapes and “Living Space” in the Miracle Years, 1955–1967 Chapter 5. Landscaping the Mosel Canal, 1956–1964 Chapter 6. Inventing the Environment and Rediscovering Nature, 1967–1975 Chapter 7. Designing the Bavarian Forest National Park, 1966–1975
 Conclusions
 Bibliography Index

Autorenportrait

Sandra Chaney is Professor of History at Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, where she teaches courses in European and women’s history and contemporary global issues.