Title
Nature of the miracle years [electronic resource] : conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975 / Sandra Chaney.
ISBN
9780857450050 electronic bk
9781845454302
1845454308
Publication Details
New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 284 p.) : maps.
Call Number
QH77.G3 C43 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.720943/09045
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-272) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Studies in German history ; v. 8.
The inheritance: a mixed legacy for postwar conservation
Defending nature under the Allied Occupation, 1945-1955
Preserving the Wutach Gorge in the 1950s
Ordering landscapes and living space in the miracle years, 1956-1966
Landscaping the Mosel Canal, 1956-1964
Inventing the environment and rediscovering nature, 1967-1975
Designing the Bavarian Forest National Park, 1966-1975.