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

• VerfasserIn: Chaney, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]; 2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in German History ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857450050
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857450050?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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. Forced to change by necessity, those involved in state-sponsored conservation institutionalized and professionalized their efforts, while several private groups became more confrontational in their message and tactics. Through their steady and often conservative presence within the mainstream of West German society, conservationists ensured that by 1970 the map of the country was dotted with hundreds of reserves, dozens of nature parks, and one national park. In doing so, they assured themselves a strong position to participate in, rather than be excluded from, the left-leaning environmental movement of the 1970s.