Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Wilson, Jeffrey K., 1970-

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

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Details

Description

xi, 326 p. : ill., maps, plans; 24 cm.

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."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Geschichte 1871-1914
• Forstwirtschaft
• Staatssymbol
• Nationalbewusstsein
• Wald
• Forests and forestry > Germany > History
• Forests and forestry > Political aspects > History. > Germany
• Forest management > Germany > History
• Landscape protection > Germany > History
• National characteristics, German
• Foresterie > Allemagne > Histoire
• Foresterie > Aspect politique > Histoire. > Allemagne
• Forêts > Gestion > Histoire. > Allemagne
• Paysages > Protection > Histoire. > Allemagne
• Allemands
• Deutschland

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-311) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9781442640993
• 1442640995

LCCN

^^2012554412

OCLC

• 777304320
• SCSB-10958757

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library