Nature of the Miracle Years

Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85745-840-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Studies in German History

After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context. Forced to change by necessity, those involved in state-sponsored conservation institutionalized and professionalized their efforts, while several private groups became more confrontational in their message and tactics. Through their steady and often conservative presence within the mainstream of West German society, conservationists ensured that by 1970 the map of the country was dotted with hundreds of reserves, dozens of nature parks, and one national park. In doing so, they assured themselves a strong position to participate in, rather than be excluded from, the left-leaning environmental movement of the 1970s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chaney, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Umweltgeschichte & Umweltarchäologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Inheritance: A Mixed Legacy for Postwar Conservation

Chapter 2. Defending Nature under the Allied Occupation, 1945–1955

Chapter 3. Preserving the Wutach Gorge in the 1950s

Chapter 4. Ordering Landscapes and “Living Space” in the Miracle Years, 1955–1967

Chapter 5. Landscaping the Mosel Canal, 1956–1964

Chapter 6. Inventing the Environment and Rediscovering Nature, 1967–1975

Chapter 7. Designing the Bavarian Forest National Park, 1966–1975

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chaney, Sandra
Sandra Chaney is Professor of History at Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, where she teaches courses in European and women’s history and contemporary global issues.