The People's Own Landscape : Nature, Tourism, and Dictatorship in East Germany.
Title:
The People's Own Landscape : Nature, Tourism, and Dictatorship in East Germany.
Author:
Moranda, Scott.
ISBN:
9780472029723
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Series:
Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
Contents:
Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Conquering the Countryside: Athletic Tourism in the Early GDR -- 2. Rejuvenating Socialist Workers: Conservation and Landscape Care in the 1950s -- 3. Making Rough Nature More Comfortable: Camping in East Germany -- 4. A New Environmental Law: Landscape Care, Global Ecology, and Domestic Social Policy -- 5. Real Existing Socialism: Nature, Social Inequalities, and Environmental Consciousness -- 6. The Limits of Growth and the New Environmentalism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
An exploration of East German tourist practices of the 1970s and 1980s provides new insight into the country's environmental politics.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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