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

Informationen zum Autor By Jeffrey K. Wilson Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey K Wilson, Jeffrey K. Wilson
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2012
• EAN: 9781442640993
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4099-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: German and European Studies; German and European Studies (H; German and European Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries