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The German Forest - Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914 (Paperback)
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The German Forest - Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914 (Paperback)
Series: German and European Studies
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From 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. The German Forest is the first book-length
history of the development and contestation of the concept of
'German' woodlands. Jeffrey 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.
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