The German forest : nature, identity, and the contestation of a national symbol, 1871-1914 / Jeffrey K. Wilson.

By:

Wilson, Jeffrey K, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: German and European studiesPublication details: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2012 2012)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans, digital fileContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442686380
1442686383

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: German Forest : Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914.DDC classification:

333.750943 23

LOC classification:

SD195 .W54 2012eb

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Contents:

1. National Landscape and National Memory -- 2. Contested Forests: Ideal Values and Real Estate -- 3. Environmental Activism in the Kaiserreich: Berlin and the Grunewald -- 4. Reforestation as Reform: Pomerelia and the Tuchel Heath -- 5. Meaningful Woods: Sylvan Metaphors and Arboreal Symbols.

Summary: From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that suited their own social, economic, and political interests. The German Forest is the first book-length history of the development and contestation of the concept of 'German' woodlands.Jeffrey K. Wilson challenges the dominant interpretation that German connections to nature were based in agrarian romanticism rather than efforts at modernization. He explores a variety of conflicts over the symbol - from demands on landowners for public access to woodlands, to state attempts to integrate ethnic Slavs into German culture through forestry, and radical nationalist visions of woodlands as a model for the German 'race'. 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-311) and index.

From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that suited their own social, economic, and political interests. The German Forest is the first book-length history of the development and contestation of the concept of 'German' woodlands.Jeffrey K. Wilson challenges the dominant interpretation that German connections to nature were based in agrarian romanticism rather than efforts at modernization. He explores a variety of conflicts over the symbol - from demands on landowners for public access to woodlands, to state attempts to integrate ethnic Slavs into German culture through forestry, and radical nationalist visions of woodlands as a model for the German 'race'. 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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