{"product_id":"9781442640993-german-forest","title":"The German Forest","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914. 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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41557458976865,"sku":"9781442640993","price":65.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_22185233.jpg?v=1711535138","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781442640993-german-forest","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}