Dominick, Raymond H., III, 1945-

The environmental movement in Germany : prophets and pioneers, 1871-1971 / Raymond H. Dominick III.

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1992.

xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"German environmentalism did not begin with the emergence of the Green Party in the 1970s. As this book shows, an active environmental movement has existed in Germany for more than a century. Until now, this story has been told only in fragments or not at all, and many have concluded that Germany came late and contributed little to conservation and environmental protection. This book should help to correct that view." "Raymond H. Dominick relates a story of environmental activism that ranges from NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) protests, in which neighbors banded together to try to halt the environmental destruction, to the origins and evolution of Germany's long-lived conservation societies. Using their forgotten newsletters and archives, Dominick reconstructs the agendas and tactics of these latter groups from their formation around the beginning of the twentieth century until the early 1970s. He finds that in Germany nature has found defenders among persons whose politics ranged from conservative to socialist and whose social standing ranged from the Kaiser to factory workers. In one fascinating chapter, Dominick carefully explores the intellectual and organizational ties between the conservationists and the Nazis. He concludes his book with a look at today's Green movement and its connection with earlier ideologies of conservation and environmentalism."--Jacket.

025331819X (alk. paper)
9780253318190 (alk. paper)

Grünen (Political party)
Bundesprüfstelle für Jugendgefährdende Schriften Bonn Jahrestagung
BMBF-Statusseminar
Green movement Germany History.
Environmental protection Germany History.
Nature conservation Germany History.
National socialism.
Écologisme Allemagne Histoire.
Environnement Protection Allemagne Histoire.
Nature Conservation Allemagne Histoire.
Nazisme.
National Socialism.
Environmental protection.
Green movement.
Nature conservation.
Ökologische Bewegung
Ecologische beweging.
Germany.
Deutschland
Environmental Germany History
Geschichte
Green Germany History
Nature Germany History
milieu
environment
milieubeheer
environmental management
milieubescherming
environmental protection
duitsland
germany
geschiedenis
history
natuurlijke historie
natural history
natuurbescherming
nature conservation
organisaties
organizations
bescherming
protection
kwaliteit
quality
sociale instellingen
social institutions
natuur
Environmental Protection
Economic, Social, and Cultural History of Western Europe
Milieubescherming
Economische, sociale en cultuurgeschiedenis van West-Europa

History.

Location: Library main 92341
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:93-B637
Status: Available