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This anthology surveys the ecological impacts of the First World
War. Editors Richard P. Tucker, Tait Keller, J. R. McNeill, and
Martin Schmidt bring together a list of experienced authors who
explore the global interactions of states, armies, civilians, and
the environment during the war. They show how the First World War
ushered in enormous environmental changes, including the
devastation of rural and urban environments, the consumption of
strategic natural resources such as metals and petroleum, the
impact of war on urban industry, and the disruption of agricultural
landscapes leading to widespread famine. Taking a global
perspective, Environmental Histories of the First World War
presents the ecological consequences of the vast destructive power
of the new weaponry and the close collaboration between militaries
and civilian governments taking place during this time, showing how
this war set trends for the rest of the century.
Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed
mountains once provided the backdrop for a political,
environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled
to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in
transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the
mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs,
and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of
individualism. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were
regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the
stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the
so-called "apostles of the Alps", began carving the crags to suit
their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges,
and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier.
Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the
mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller
examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded
to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and
environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria,
placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question
of nationhood.
This anthology surveys the ecological impacts of the First World
War. Editors Richard P. Tucker, Tait Keller, J. R. McNeill, and
Martin Schmidt bring together a list of experienced authors who
explore the global interactions of states, armies, civilians, and
the environment during the war. They show how the First World War
ushered in enormous environmental changes, including the
devastation of rural and urban environments, the consumption of
strategic natural resources such as metals and petroleum, the
impact of war on urban industry, and the disruption of agricultural
landscapes leading to widespread famine. Taking a global
perspective, Environmental Histories of the First World War
presents the ecological consequences of the vast destructive power
of the new weaponry and the close collaboration between militaries
and civilian governments taking place during this time, showing how
this war set trends for the rest of the century.
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