Jeffrey K Wilson

The German Forest

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

• Gebundenes 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781442640993
• ISBN-10: 1442640995
• Artikelnr.: 28195329

Autorenporträt

By Jeffrey K. Wilson

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