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Forests and forestry --- Forests and forestry --- Forest management --- Landscape protection --- National characteristics, German. --- Forêts et sylviculture --- Forêts et sylviculture --- Forêts --- Paysages --- Caractéristiques nationales allemandes --- History. --- Political aspects --- History. --- History --- Histoire --- Aspect politique --- Gestion --- Histoire --- Protection --- Histoire
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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.
Forests and forestry --- Forest management --- History. --- Political aspects --- Geschichte 1871-1914 --- Deutschland
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As much as any other nation, Germany has long been understood in terms of totalizing narratives. For Anglo-American observers in particular, the legacies of two world wars still powerfully define twentieth-century German history, whether through the lens of Nazi-era militarism and racial hatred or the nation’s emergence as a “model” postwar industrial democracy. This volume transcends such common categories, bringing together transatlantic studies that are unburdened by the ideological and methodological constraints of previous generations of scholarship. From American perceptions of the Kaiserreich to the challenges posed by a multicultural Europe, it argues for—and exemplifies—an approach to German Studies that is nuanced, self-reflective, and holistic.
National characteristics, German. --- Germany --- Civilization. --- Social conditions. --- Politics and government.
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