Environments of Exile

Nature, Refugees, and Representations
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-8471-1694-3
Verlag: V & R Unipress GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 036, 200 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: Schriften des Erich Maria Remarque-Archivs

Forced Migration always takes place within specific cultural, social, political, and spatial environments. This volume focuses on the interaction between those forced to migrate and their environments in the contexts of escape and exile from Nazi-occupied Europe. Forced emigration from Nazi Germany was a global phenomenon that took refugees to regions they often knew very little about. Not only did they have to adapt to foreign cultures, but also to unfamiliar natural environments that often exposed them to severe temperature conditions, droughts, rainy seasons, and diseases. While some refugees prepared for the natural conditions of their exile destination, others acquired environmental knowledge at their host countries or were able to adapt prior knowledge to the new environment. Consequently, specific knowledge about the environment had a large influence on the forced migration experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinberg, Swen

Schreckenberger, Helga

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schneider, Thomas F.

Goldstein, Asher

Andress, Reinhard

Kraeutler, Hadwig

Eckl, Marlen

Leslie, Amanda

Vansant, Jacqueline

Krick-Aigner, Kirsten

Eppelsheimer, Natalie

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Steinberg, Swen
Dr. Swen Steinberg ist Assistent Professor am Fachbereich Geschichte der Queen's University in Kingston/Ontario, Kanada, und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Deutschen Historischen Institut in Washington/DC, USA.

Schneider, Thomas F.
Dr. Thomas F. Schneider war Privatdozent für Neuere Deutsche Literatur an der Universität Osnabrück und leitete bis Ende 2022 dort das Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum.

Schreckenberger, Helga
Helga Schreckenberger is the Wolfgang and Barbara Mieder Green and Gold Professor of German at the University of Vermont, USA.