Chris Pearson

Mobilizing nature

The environmental history of war and militarization in modern France

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mobilizing nature traces the environmental history of war and militarisation in France. It offers a fresh perspective on the well-known conflicts whilst uncovering the largely 'hidden' history of the numerous military bases and other installations that pepper the French countryside.

Produktdetails

• Cultural History of Modern War
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781784993733
• ISBN-10: 1784993735
• Artikelnr.: 44751227

Autorenporträt

Chris Pearson is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Liverpool

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The Emperor's new camp (1857
70) 2 Militarized environments during the "terrible year" (1870
71) 3 Remaking militarized environments in the wake of defeat (1871
1914) 4 The 'mangled earth' of the trenches (1914
18) 5 Demilitarization and militarization (1918
40) 6 Occupied territories (1940
67) 7 'A (very) large military camp': The militarization of postwar France 8 Opposing militarized environments 9 "Greening" militarized environments Epilogue Select bibliography Index