{"product_id":"the-german-forest-nature-identity-and-the-contestation-of-a-national-symbol-1871-1914-paperback-softback-9781487521677","title":"The German Forest; Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487521677","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe German Forest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey K. Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487521677\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wilson’s book would be important reading for any student of environmental history or the history of Western Europe in the modern age.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Charles Closmann (Environment and History vol 21:04:2015) ‘The book fills a real gap, not only in its chronological and spatial focus but also in drawing connections between the politics of the forest and the Heimat movement. Wilson offers a significant and persuasively narrated contribution to the history of Imperial Germany, of the forest, and of nationalism.’ - Richard HÖlzl (German History vol 32:02:2014) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;This well contextualized study provides an interesting example of environmental history, offering insights into the land and human relationships with it as well as revealing how much environment-related issues can tell us about humans as political animals.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Brian Vick (American Historical Review, vol 118:03:2013)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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. \u003cem\u003eThe German Forest\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book-length history of the development and contestation of the concept of 'German' woodlands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeffrey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter I: National Landscape and National Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter II: Contested Forests: Ideal Values and Real Estate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter III: Environmental Activism: Berlin and the Grunewald\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter IV: Reforestation as Reform: Pomerelia and the Tuchel Heath\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter V: Meaningful Woods: Sylvan Metaphors and Arboreal Symbols\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eindex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735525323032,"sku":"9781487521677","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-german-forest-nature-identity-and-the-contestation-of-a-national-symbol-1871-1914-paperback-softback-9781487521677","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}