Nature of the Miracle Years : : Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975 / / Sandra Chaney.

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....

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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Studies in German History ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 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, 1956–1966
  • 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
  • MAPS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX